HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE WALRUS, OR SEA-HORSE. 

 (Trichechus Rosmarits, Linn. Lc Morse, Buff.) 



THERE are several animals whose residence is 

 almost constantly in the water, and which seem to 

 partake greatly of the nature of fishes, that are 

 nevertheless classed by naturalists under the de- 

 nomination of quadrupeds; and being perfectly 

 amphibious, living with equal ease in the water as 

 on land, may be considered as the last step in the 

 scale of Nature, by w r hich we are conducted from 

 one great division of the animal world to the other. 

 Of these the Walrus is the most considerable for its 

 size, being sometimes found eighteen feet in length, 

 and twelve in circumference at the thickest part : it 

 is likewise remarkable for two large tusks in the 

 upper jaw, which sometimes exceed two feet in 

 length, and weigh from three to twenty pounds 

 each. 



The head of the Walrus is round; its lips very 



