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female than in the male. The skin of the Walrus is valuable for many 

 purposes. 



Few animals, so long known to man, have, when figured, been represented 

 so inaccurately as the Walrus : the hind feet are almost invariably depicted 



Fig. 10. "Sea Horse" (After Cook). 



extended backwards, like those of the Seal (so also in stuffed specimens), 



whereas in the living animals they can be directed to the front, and serve as 



^ supports to the body in progression on the land or ice, in the same manner 



as the hind limbs of the eared seals. Dr. J. E. Gray, in an article ' On the 



