186 ODOBJENUS OBESUS PACIFIC WALRUS. 



by the whalers alone cannot fall far short of one hundred and 

 twenty thousand. It is hence little wonder that these animals 

 are rapidly declining- in number, and that the natives manifest 

 alarm at the disappearance of their main reliance for support. 



The destruction of the Alaskan Walrus is now largely effected 

 by the use of firearms, even the natives shooting them on shore 

 with rifles and heavy muskets, although they still also practice 

 their former method of pursuing them in the water and there 

 dispatching them with spears and lances. 



