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Nova ZemMBLA; 
AND Icy SzEa. 
MANNERS. 
ARET LC" WAL RG S, 
commerce. The famous Oéther the Norwegian, a native of Helge- 
land in the diocefe of Drontheim, incited by a moft laudable curiofity 
and thirft of difcovery, failed to the north of his country, doubled 
the North Cape, and in three days from his departure arrived at the 
fartheft place, frequented by the Hor/fe-whale fifhers. From thence 
he proceeded a voyage of three days more, and perhaps got into the 
White Sea. On his return he vifited England, probably incited by 
the fame of King A/fred’s abilities, and the great encouragement he 
gave to men of diftinguifhed charaéter in every profeffion. The 
traveller, as a proof of the authenticity of his relation, prefented the 
Saxon monarch with fome of the teeth of thefe animals, then a fub- 
ftitute of ivory, and valued at a high price. In his account of ‘his 
voyage, he alfo added that their fkins were ufed in the fhips inftead 
of ropes *. 
They sre found again on the coafts of Nova Zembla, and on the 
headlands which ftretch moft towards the north Pole; and as far as 
the T/chutki point, and the ifles off that promontory. They fcarcely 
extend lower than the neighborhood of the country ef the Azadyr, but 
are feen in great abundance about cape Newnham, on the coaft of 
America. The natives of the iflands off the Zcbutki No/s ornament 
themfelves with pieces of the Walrus ftuck through their lips or nofes ; 
for which reafon they are called by their neighbors Zoobatee, or large- 
teethed +. The natives about Unalafcha, Sandwich Sound, and Turn- 
again river, obferve the fame fafhion. I entertain doubts whether 
thefe animals are of the fame fpecies with thofe of the Gulph of St. 
Laurence. The tufks ‘of thofe of the Frozen Sea are much longer, 
more flender, and have a twift and inward curvature. 
They are gregarious, and fometimes have been found ‘together in 
thoufands ; are very fhy, and avoid the haunts of mankind. They 
ufually are feen on the floating ice, preferring that for their refidence, 
as their bodies require cooling, by reafon of the heat which arifes 
from their exceffive fatnefs f. 
® Hackluyt, i. 5. + Hift. Kamtfchatka, 47. } Now. Com. Petrop. ii. 291- 
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