But each hunter this day had his rifle and a large supply of cartridges.

I noticed they grinned with satisfaction whenever they looked at the _Macedonia's_ smoke, which was rising higher and higher as she approached from the west.
The five boats went over the side with a rush, spread out like the ribs of a fan, and set a northerly course, as on the preceding afternoon, for us to follow.

I watched for some time, curiously, but there seemed nothing extraordinary about their behaviour.

They lowered sails, shot seals, and hoisted sails again, and continued on their way as I had always seen them do.

The _Macedonia_ repeated her performance of yesterday, "hogging" the sea by dropping her line of boats in advance of ours and across our course.