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only for the fake of the oil. Seamen make rings of the briftles of 
the whifkers, which they wear as prefervatives againft the cramp. 
The French coach-makers have made traces for coaches of the fkins, 
which are faid to be ftrong and elaftic *.. The Rufians formerly ufed 
the bone of the penis pulverifed, as a remedy again{t the ftone +. 
Bartholinus { recommends it, infufed in ale, in fits of the ftrangury. 
The Greenlanders eat the flefh and lard, and ufe the laft in their lamps. 
Of the fkin they make ftraps. They fplit the tendons into thread; 
and ufe the teeth to head their darts, or to make pegs in their boats. 
Their only enemies, befides mankind, are the Polar Bears, with 
whom they have dreadful conflicts. Their feuds probably arife 
from the occupancy of the fame piece of ice. The Walrus is ufually 
victorious, through the fuperior advantage of its vaft teeth. The 
effects of the battle are very evident; for it is not often that the 
hunters find a beaft with two entire tufks §. 
«© The Walrus, or Sea Cow, as it is called by the Americans,” fays 
Lord Shuldham 4, “ is a native of the Magdalene iflands, St. Fobn's, 
<* and Anticofi, in the gulph of St. Laurence. They refort, very 
“< early in the fpring, to the former of thefe places, which feems by 
‘* nature particularly adapted to the nature of the animals, abound- 
«ing with clams (efcallops) of a very large fize; and the moft 
«© convenient landing-places, called Echoueries. Here they crawl up 
<¢ in great numbers, and remain fometimes for fourteen days together 
without food, when the weather is fair; but on the firft appear- 
ance of rain, they retreat to the water with great precipitation. 
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* De Buffon. t+ Worm. Mu/. 290. 
t As quoted in Mufeum Regium Hafnie, &c. pars. i. fect. ill. g. 
ll Egede, 83. -  § Crantz, i. 126. q Phil. Tranf. \xv. part. i. 249. 
The French call them Vaches Marines. Charlevoix, v.216. That voyager fays, 
that the Exg/ifb had once a fithery of thefe animals on the J/le de Sable, a {mall ifland 
fouth of Cape Breton; but it turned out to no advantage. 
cc Ghey. 
