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They are monogamous; couple in Yue, and bring forth in the 
earlieft fpring*. They bring one f, or very rarely two young at a 
time ; feed on fea-plants, fifh, and fhells, which they either dig out 
of the fand, or force from the rocks with their great teeth. They 
make ufe alfo of their teeth to afcend the iflands of ice, by faftening 
them in the cracks, and by that means draw up their bodies, 
They fleep both on the ice and in the water, and fnore exceffively 
loud f. 
They are harmlefs, unlefs provoked ; but when wounded, or at- 
tacked, grow very fierce, and are very vindictive. When furprifed 
upon the ice, the females firft provide for the fafety of the young, by 
flinging it into the fea, and itfelf after it, carrying it to a fecure 
diftance, then returning with great rage to revenge the injury. 
They will fometimes attempt to faften their teeth on the boats, with 
an intent to fink them, or rife in numbers under them to overfer 
them ; at the fame time they fhew all marks of rage, by roaring in a 
dreadful manner, and gnafhing their teeth with great violence; if 
once thoroughly irritated, the whole herd will follow the boats till they 
lofe fight of them. They are ftrongly attached to each other, and 
will make every effort in their power, even to death, to fet at liberty 
their harpooned companions |. 
A wounded Walrus has been known to fink to the bottom, rife 
fuddenly again, and bring up with it multitudes of others, who united 
in an attack on the boat from which the infult came §. 
They fling the water out of their noftrils, as the Whale does out of 
its head. When chafed hard, they commonly vomit, and fling up 
fmall ftones. Their dung is like that of a Horfe, and exceffively 
fetid, efpecially where they are found in large companies. 
The tongue, which is about the fize of a Cow’s, may be eaten, if 
boiled frefh ; but if kept, foon runs into oil. The teeth ufed to be 
applied to all the purpofes of ivory ; but the animals are now killed 
* Faun. Greenl, 4. + Barentz; 4. t Martens, 1c9. 
|| Martens, 1106 
§ Phipps’s vey. 57. 
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