22 GREAT MORSE. 



justly punishing him for his ill-nature and breach of 

 friendship. 



The skin of the Elephant is of a dingy brown colour. 

 The tusks, which sometimes grow to the length of ten 

 feet and upwards, are not visible until the animals attain 

 a certain age ; and, in the females, they are much smaller 

 than in the males. The eyes are extremely small ; and 

 the ears large and pendulous. The tail is terminated 

 by a few scattered, thick, and black hairs. These animals 

 seldom produce more than a single young one at a birth ; 

 and the usual period of their lives is from forty to 

 sixty years ; though many of them have been known to 

 attain the great age of a hundred, or a hundred and 

 twenty. 



11. WALRUS, OR MORSE TRIBE. 



All the species of Morse are amphibious, or occasionally 

 reside both on land and in the sea. Their bodies are 

 thickest at the shoulders, and gradually taper from thence 

 to the tail. The hind legs are stretched far backward, 

 and form a kind of fins, by means of which they urge 

 themselves along in the water with great ease and 

 agility. 



Great Morse, or Arctic -Walrus. Inhabitants chiefly 

 of the shores of Hudson's Bay, and the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence, these animals are oftentimes seen, in vast 

 numbers, on the floating ice, which they are enabled to 

 ascend with the assistance of their long and powerful tusks. 

 By means of these tusks they are also enabled to defend 

 themselves against the attacks of bears on land, and 

 sword-fish and sharks in the sea. When unassailed, they 

 are perfectly harmless. They feed chiefly on shell-fish 

 and marine animals. Their bodies yield a great quantity 



