260 DEAD WALKUS lOUND. 



CHAP. XVI. 



Dead "Walrus found. — Bears nearly escape, but are caught. 



— Gale and Ice. — Mynlierr Holmengreen. — Presents 

 more Kaffirorum. — Send home the Sloop. — Result of 

 Ericson's eight Months' Voyage. — South Cape. — Sugar- 

 loaf Mountain. — " Eight "Whales." — Parasitical Gulls. 



— Practical Joke. — Arctic Fauna. — Chain of Subsist- 

 ence. — Divergence of "White Bear from original Stock. — 

 Probable origin of the "Walrus. — And of the Seal. — Of 

 the Cetaceans. — Changes in the South African Ante- 

 lopes, caused by Desiccation of that country. 



The " Anna Louisa's " people had also killed a 

 few rein-deer on the extensive plains near the 

 Russian huts ; and they had found a bull- 

 walrus floating dead in the water, and of 

 course added his blubher to the cargo. He 

 was probably one of those we had shot and 

 sunk. I believe they aU float up after a few 

 days, but the currents are so strong that they 

 are swept away to sea, and are very rarely 

 recovered. 



The young bears had made a most deter- 

 mined effort to escape, and had very nearly 

 succeeded. One day, while all hands except 



