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them much larger, and do not think that anything under 

 22 ins. can be considered a good head. Cows' tusks are 

 generally set much closer together than bulls', and sometimes 

 meet at the points. There are some good specimens illustrating 

 this peculiarity in the Tromso Museum. The bulls', on the 



A walrus' head 



contrary, generally diverge, and are often upwards of a foot 

 apart at the points. I have read and heard that in rare cases 

 the tusks diverge in curves, but have never seen any. I have 

 one head (I was not in the boat when the walrus was killed) 

 with three tusks, two of which spring apparently from the same 

 socket, and there is no doubt that there are heads with four ; 



