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seen the wounded, when out of danger, quietly 

 crawl upon the ice. I might relate other in- 

 stances of sagacity and affection in these animals, 

 but these are perhaps some of the most remark- 

 able. 



In the year 1608 one of these animals was 

 brought to England alive, and exhibited at the 

 Court, " where the king, and many honourable 

 personages, beheld it with admiration for the 

 strangenesse of the same, the like whereof had 

 never before beene seene alive in England. Not 

 long after, it fell sicke and died. As the beast 

 in shape is very strange, so is it of strange do- 

 cilitie, and apt to be taught, as by good ex- 

 perience we often proved."* 



Our sportsmen had succeeded in capturing two 

 walruses only when the boats were recalled, in 

 consequence of the ice being observed to con- 

 nect itself with Cloven Cliff, and the floes to 

 be closing together, so as to prevent the possi- 

 bility of entering between them. Captain Bu- 

 ehan, however, judged, from general appearances, 

 that a favourable change would soon occur ; and, 

 being anxious to keep as near as possible to the 

 pack, that he might be in readiness to take ad- 

 vantage of the first opening that offered, he 

 determined to anchor between the islands con- 



* Purchas. 



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