ARCTIC WALRUS. 
where covered with short hair. The fingers 
of the hands and feet are enveloped in a mem^ 
brane, and terminated by sharp short claws. 
'Thick hairs in the form of whiskers, surround 
the mouth. The tongue is furrowed. The 
Walrus has no external ears ; so that, if wc 
except the two large tusks, which c-liange the 
form of the head, and the want of cutting 
teeth both above and below, it resembles the 
Seal in every other article ; it is, onlv, much 
larger and stronger. The largest Seals ex-' 
ceed not seven or eight feet: the Walrus 
is generally twelve, and sometimes sixteen 
feet' long, and eight or nine in circumfe- 
rence. Both animals inhabit the same seas, 
and are almost always found together. They 
have many common habits : they live equally 
in winter or on land ; they both climb on 
boards of ice; they suckle and manage their 
young in the same manner ; they live on the 
same food ; and equally associate in large 
troops. But the species of the Walrus is not 
so much diversified as that of the Seal: nei- 
ther does it stray to such distances, but is more 
attached to it's proper climate ; for it is seldom 
seen any where but in the Northern Seas. 
Hence,'' 
