THE WALRUS IN BRITISH WATERS 77 
PAE WALRUS sINGB iaiSEieNvy AT IRS. 
By JAMES RITCHIE, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.E. 
(Concluded from p. 9.) 
Analysts of Modern Records.——While, on the whole, there 
is great poverty of detail in the information which has been 
recorded regarding the visits of Walruses to the British 
Isles, so obviously desirable an item as the month or season 
of the visit being often omitted, nevertheless an analysis 
of the records will afford as complete a summary of the 
general significance of the visits as it is possible now 
to obtain. 
Size or Age of Walrus Vesttors—A few records of size 
have been obtained. W. Macgillivray himself described the 
Walrus (20) shot at Caolas Stocnis, Harris, in 1817 (Eazné. 
Ti Oui, VOle al... 1618, pp: 369, 300), although the 
specimen was already mutilated when he examined it. 
It was upwards of Io feet in length, and yielded two 
barrels of blubber. The head measured from occiput to 
nose 134 inches, the distance between the eyes was 8 inches, 
and the tusks were 8} inches long. The individual (10) 
shot at Eday, Orkney, in 1825, was not examined in the 
flesh, and, though “of very large size,” was reported to be 
“in a very lean state”—perhaps not much to be wondered 
at, since “his hide was in many places bored by small shot” — 
but the skin, dried and shrunk a good deal, is said to have 
measured 15 feet in length and 13 in breadth (Eazud. Phil. 
Journ., vol. xili., 1825, pp. 383 and 384). The skin of this 
fine animal was destroyed by the fisher captors, but the 
“entire head” was forwarded to the Editor of the PAz/, 
Journ, with the request that he would “have the goodness 
to lodge it in the Royal Museum of the University of 
Edinburgh.” In a footnote, the Editor, Prof. Jameson, 
acknowledged the safe arrival of the gift, but gave no 
particulars of condition or size. 
The Royal Museum referred to was the Zoological 
