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represented as having a heavy mane, extending from the head 

 to the middle of the back. The figure bears the quaint legend, 

 "The Seamorce is in quantity as bigg as an oxe." Another illustra- 

 tion on the opposite page shows " The manner of killing y e 

 Seamorces," and represents a small herd of Walruses attacked 

 by a party of hunters armed with lances. The Walruses are 

 all headed toward the water, the men being between them and 

 the sea. The Walruses are depicted in the attitude of walking, 

 all having the hind feet turned forward, these figures giving 

 apparently a correct idea of the Walrus's manner of progres- 

 sion on land. These two illustrations form part of a series that 

 embellish a map of " Greenland" ( Spitz bergen), the others rep- 

 resenting different scenes in Whale-fishing and " the manner 

 of killing Beares." 



Zorgdrager,* in 1720, gave a figure of a Walrus which has a 

 Seal-like head with two long tusks in the upper jaw, and the 

 general body-contour of a Walrus. The posterior third of the 

 body and hind limbs are fortunately, to judge by the rest of the 

 figure, left to the imagination, being hidden behind the figure 

 of a Seal ("Zee Bob"); the fore limbs bear no resemblance to 

 those of a Walrus. 



In 1741, Egede t gave a Seal-like figure of a Walrus, with its 

 calf, confronting a Polar Bear. The open mouth displays a 

 series of long sharp teeth, looking even less like Walrus tusks 

 than the general form of the animal does like the outline of a 

 Walrus. This figure of the Walrus is surprisingly poor, con- 

 sidering the excellent description Egede gives of the animal. 



In 1748, Ellis | further enriched the iconographic literature of 

 the Walrus by furnishing a figure, respecting which he says : 

 "I shall not detain the Eeader with an Account of a Creature 

 [" Sea Horse"] so often described, but refer him to the Cut, in 

 which he will find it very truly represented." The figure, how- 

 ever, is one of the worst imaginable, considering the oppor- 

 tunity Ellis evidently had for observation. In some respects 

 it bears some resemblance to that given by De Yeer. Ellis's 

 figure combines a Lynx-like face with Lion-like fore limbs, short, 



* Bloeyende Opkomft der Aloude en Hedendaagsche Groenlaiidsche Vis- 

 schery, 1720, plate facing p. 162, upper left-hand figure. 



t Besclireibung imd Naturgeschichte von Gronland, 1763, p. 106, pi. vi, 

 lower left-hand figure, Krunitz's German translation. The work appeared 

 in Danish as early as 1741. 



t Voyage to Hudson Bay, pi. facing p. 134, middle figure. 



$Loc. cit., p. 236. 



