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Another of the hunters plants a second
harpoon near the first and the walrus
whose strength seems undiminished
and who is now goaded into madness
shows, as instinct of attack, entirely
unlike the seals and interesting to
the naturalistic from its resemblance to the
habits of the terrestrial Pachyderms.
He rises high out of water rushes
with heavy plunge against the ice and
strives with his fore flippers to raise
himself upon its surface. As the
weak ice broke under his weight his
countenance assumed a vindictive expression
of ferocity, his bark was replaced
by a roar and froth and foam dripped
from his jaws covering his grim beard.
The tusks were conspicuous, bathed
with foam. It was impossible not
to think of the wild bore, the elephant
and the peccary. The charging propensity,
the fury of a baffled purpose,
the companionship and countenance of
his mate, and the automatic movements
of the animal were entirely in keeping
with his present classification.

Some idea may formed of the
ferocity, of the animal when I state that
his effort at battle lasted four hours
during which he would rush at the
Esquimaux as they approached tearing
off great tables of ice with his tusks
and showing no indications of fear.
Thus he received upwards of seventy
(Morton counted over sixty) lance wounds
and even then remained hooked by
his teeth to the margin of the ice
unwilling or unable to retire.