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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA, 
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rings fixed to rocks. The walrus is then wakened by throwing 
large stones at its head. In its attempts to escape it leaves its 
hide behind. It perishes soon after, or is thrown up half dead 
on the beach. He further states that walrus lines on account of 
their strength are suitable for lifting great weights, and that they 
are always on sale at Cologne. They were probably used at the 
WALRUSES (female with yotmg). 
Old Dutch drawing.! 
building of the Cathedral there. Similar extraordinary repre¬ 
sentations of the appearance and mode of life of the walrus are 
1 This drawing is made after a facsimile by Frederick Miiller from 
Hessel Gerritz, DescriiJtio et delineatio geographica detectionis freti, &c. 
Amsterodami, 1613. The same drawing is reproduced coloured in Blavii 
Atlas major^ Part I., 1665, p. 25, with the inscription: “Ad vivum 
delineatum ab Hesselo G.A.” 
