THE SEA-HORSE. 



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THE WALRUS, OR SEA-HORSE. 



We commence our account of the group of the 

 Amphibia with that animal, which, though neither 

 the largest, nor perhaps the most remarkable, yet 

 cannot be regarded without wonder and astonish- 

 ment. Its cranium is quite unique; and as this 

 remarkable portion of the Osteology, including the 

 dental apparatus, has received great prominence in 

 the classification of its congeners, we prefix repre- 

 sentations originally published by Daubenton, and on 

 which little need be said. It represents the peculiar 

 shape of the head, the most remarkable part of the 

 animal. It will at once be observed, that the strange 



