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Waring joined him in the task. "There's the big berg where we killed ussuk yesterday. Less go and look around. Perhaps we see land," said Regnar. "No, Regnie; we are fifty miles from any land now, and I think about one third of the way across to the Magdalen Islands.
At that moment something fell with a splash into a small, partially open pool, on the farther side of the berg, and all saw a huge form disappear under the surface. Each started, felt mechanically for his weapons, and in brief monosyllables of Esquimaux, Micmac, and English, ejaculated the name of the animal whose presence none had even suspected. "Ussuk!" whispered Regnar.
It was at this crisis of our fortunes that we saw a large seal floating as is the custom of these animals on a small patch of ice, and seemingly asleep. It was an ussuk, and so large that I at first mistook it for a walrus. Signal was made for the "Hope" to follow astern, and, trembling with anxiety, we prepared to crawl down upon him.
Surprised and affrighted by the unusual sound, the huge ussuk rose half his length above the water, and looked around him.
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