WALRQS. 



The first walrus purchased for the Society was brought 

 to this country in 1853. 



The second was brought to Dundee by one of the 

 whalers belonging to Messrs. Stevens, on October 24, 

 1867. I went to Dundee to see this walrus, purchased 

 it for £200, and brought it to London on board one of the 

 steamers bound from that place for the Thames, where it 

 safely arrived. 



Its food consisted, principally, of mussels and clams, 

 which I obtained from Yorkshire. It would also feed 

 upon the flesh of whiting and cod-fish cut up without the 

 bone. This animal lived, I think, about four months, the 

 cause of death being perforation of the coats of the stomach 

 by parasitic worms, which were, at the time, fully described 

 by Dr. Murie in the Proceedings of the Society. 



As the animal when alive was immature, the tusks not 

 being more than 2 in. or 3 in. long, I had the skull of an 

 adult male walrus with fully-developed tusks, which were 

 probably 15 in. or 16 in. in length, fastened to a tree in 

 the walrus paddock, in order that the visitors might form 

 an idea of the size of the skull and teeth of the full-grown 

 animal. I was much amused one day by a decent-looking 

 man, who appeared to be taking great interest in and 

 studying the beast, asking me if he had shed that skull. 



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