3860 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Trichechus rosmarus.—Kane and Hayes describe the Walrus 
as very abundant in the vicinity of Port Foulke, and the Eskimo 
of Etah no doubt capture a great number of them, as many skulls 
and bones of this animal are strewed about their settlement, which 
we found deserted in July, 1875. I came across a very well- 
finished sledge hid in a recess of the rocks near Etah, made 
entirely of Walrus bones, and shod with runners formed of pieces 
of the tusk, most carefully adjusted. Curiously enough, we did 
not see one of these animals in the vicinity of Port Foulke nor in 
Smith Sound, until we reached Franklin Pierce Bay. There, in 
the vicinity of Norman Lockyer Island, we saw several Walruses, . 
and killed two or three. Their stomachs contained fragments of 
mya and saxicava, and a considerable quantity of a green oily 
matter. Near Cape Fraser I saw a single Walrus; but as far as 
my observation goes, it does not proceed further north than the 
meeting of the Baffin Bay and Polar tides near the above-men- 
tioned Cape. 
Balena mysticetus.—A portion of the rib of a Greenland Whale 
was found by Lieutenant Egerton, R.N., on the northern shores of 
Grinnell Land, in lat. 82° 33’ N. It was of great antiquity, but 
1 am unprepared to advance any opinion as to how it got there. 
I am, however, quite satisfied on one point; and that is—no 
Whale could inhabit at the present day the frozen sea to the 
North of Robeson Channel. To penetrate from the north-water 
of Baffin Bay to Robeson Channel would be a hazardous task for 
this great animal, and in this opinion the experienced whaling 
quarter-masters who accompanied our Expedition coincided. We 
may dismiss from our minds the idea or hope that nearer to the 
Pole, and beyond the limits of present discovery, there may be 
haunts in the Polar Sea suitable for the Right Whale. I do not 
look for the speedy extinction of the Greenland Whale; but it is 
probable that in a few years the fishing will no longer prove 
profitable to the fine fleet of whalers that now sail from our 
northern ports, and | see no hope of Arciic discovery increasing 
our knowledge of the range of this animal. 
Monodon monoceros.—During the month of August, while we 
were waiting in Payer Harbour, near Cape Sabine, we noticed 
several Narwhals playing at the edge of the ice, but we saw 
no more of them after entering the pack of Smith Sound. The 
range of the Narwhal in that direction is no doubt coincident with 
