The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice
By R. M. Ballantyne
Length9h 53m
About this audiobook
(Excerpt): "A Surprise, a Combat, and a Feed. There is a river in America which flows to the north-westward of Great Bear Lake, and helps to drain that part of the great wilderness into the Arctic Sea. It is an insignificant stream compared with such well-known waterways as the Mackenzie and the Coppermine; nevertheless it is large enough to entice the white-whale and the seal into its waters every spring, and it becomes a resting-place for myriads of wild-fowl while on their passage to and from the breeding-grounds of the Far North. Greygoose River was the name given to it by the Dogrib Indians who dwelt in its neighbourhood, and who were wont, every spring and autumn, to descend its waters nearly to the sea in quest of game. The Eskimos, who, coming from the mysterious north, were in the habit of ascending it a short way during open water in pursuit of their peculiar prey, named it Whale River. The Indians and Eskimos did not often meet while on these trips. They did not like meeting, because the result was apt to be disastrous. Besides, the land was wide and the game plentiful enough for both, so that they were not much tempted to risk a meeting. Occasionally, however, meetings and encounters did take place, and sometimes bitter feuds arose, but the possession of fire-arms by the Indians—who were supplied by the fur-traders—rendered the Eskimos wary. Their headstrong courage, however, induced the red men to keep as much as possible out of their way. In short, there was a good deal of the spirit of "let-be for let-be" between the two at the time of which we write."
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length9 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 9, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
18Chapter Seventeen.
2Chapter One.
19Chapter Eighteen.
3Chapter Two.
20Chapter Nineteen.
4Chapter Three.
21Chapter Twenty.
5Chapter Four.
22Chapter Twenty One.
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6Chapter Five.
23Chapter Twenty Two.
7Chapter Six.
24Chapter Twenty Three.
8Chapter Seven.
25Chapter Twenty Four.
9Chapter Eight.
26Chapter Twenty Five.
10Chapter Nine.
27Chapter Twenty Six.
11Chapter Ten.
28Chapter Twenty Seven.
12Chapter Eleven.
29Chapter Twenty Eight.
13Chapter Twelve.
30Chapter Twenty Nine.
14Chapter Thirteen.
31Chapter Thirty.
15Chapter Fourteen.
32Chapter Thirty One.
16Chapter Fifteen.
33Chapter Thirty Two.
17Chapter Sixteen.
34Chapter Thirty Three.
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