CHAPTER XXIX. 



The Walrus. Resemblance to both Man and Horse Is 



A Sleeping Herd. Food of the NVulnis. Its Coongfc 



Affection. Chase by Land. Chase by Water. 11 w H:ir]>><>nil. 

 Daring of the Harpooner. Tli.' Curtain's K.\i><>rience Value 

 of the Walms. 



T^HE Walrus, Sea Horse, or Morse (Ilrolroxs, S\v.; 

 Rosmar, Norw.; Jforsk, Lapp.; Trir/ifr/ntx IluHnmnis, 

 Linn.), has found a place in the Scandium inn Fauna. 

 Although at the present day this animal is very rarely 

 seen on the coasts of the Peninsula, yet in olden times it 

 \\ould almost seem to have been a resident, or at least a 

 pretty constant visitant, there being good reason to belie\ e 

 it was regularly hunted by the ancient Northmen for its 

 skin and tusks, the value of which were perfectly well 

 understood even in their day. 



The proper home of the \\alrus is the Polar regions, 

 \\here it is found almost everywhere; not, it is true, in 

 the same abundance as formerly, " war to the knife " 

 having for centuries been carried on against it, but still 

 in considerable numbers. In southern latitudes it is 

 seldom observed, and the instances are few and far 

 between of its visiting the British Isles. 



