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HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 



6. WALRUS OIL. 



Walrus blubber is easily t.ried out, and the oil is whiter and more expansive than whale oil. 

 The quantity of oil to a single walrus varies very much in different animals and from year to 

 year, for in some years they are much fatter than in others. The female yields more oil than the 

 male. The whale ship Onward, in the season of 1874, took 1,000 walrus that stowed down 600 

 barrels of oil, which was considered an unusual yield, and in 1869 the Progress got 700 walrus 

 that yielded 565 barrels of oil. The Mercury in 1877 killed 2,000 walrus that stowed down 1,100 

 barrels of oil. Captain Barnes, of the Sea Breeze, states that up to July 23, 1880, he had that 

 season taken in the Arctic 400 walrus, yielding 300 barrels of oil. 



7. STATISTICS OF OIL AND IVORY, 1870 TO 1880. 



The Arctic whaling fleet from 1870 to 1880, inclusive, is estimated to have captured 100,000 

 walrus, producing 1,996,000 gallons of oil and 398,868 pounds of ivory, of a total value of $1,260,000. 



