260 DEAD WALRUS FOUND. 



CHAP. XVI. 



Dead &quot;Walrus found. Bears nearly escape, but are caught. 



Gale and Ice. Mynherr Holmengreen. Presents 

 more Kaffirorum. Send home the Sloop. Result of 

 Ericson s eight Months Voyage. South Cape. Sugar- 

 loaf Mountain. &quot; Eight &quot;Whales.&quot; Parasitical Gulls. 



Practical Joke. Arctic Fauna. Chain of Subsist 

 ence. Divergence of &quot;White Bear from original Stock. 

 Probable origin of the &quot;Walrus And of the Seal. Of 

 the Cetaceans. Changes in the South African Ante 

 lopes, caused by Desiccation of that country. 



THE &quot; Anna Louisa s &quot; people had also killed a 

 few rein- deer on the extensive plains near the 

 Hussian huts ; and they had found a bull- 

 walrus floating dead in the water, and of 

 course added his blubher to the cargo. He 

 was probably one of those we had shot and 

 sunk. I believe they all float up after a few 

 days, but the currents are so strong that they 

 are swept away to sea, and are very rarely 

 recovered. 



The young bears had made a most deter 

 mined effort to escape, and had very nearly 

 succeeded. One day, while all hands except 



