WALRUS. 
thickeft part: the teeth have been fometimes found 
of the weight * of 20 lb. each. 
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Inhabit the coaft of Spitzbergen , Nova Zembla 9 
Hudforts Bay , and the guiph of St. Laurence ; and the 
ley Sea, as far as Cape Lfchuktfcbi: are gregarious : 
in fome places appear in herds of hundreds : are fhy 
animals, and avoid places which are much haunted 
by mankind f : are very fierce •, if wounded in the 
water, they attempt to fink the boat, either by rifing 
under it, or by ftriking their great teeth into the 
Tides *, roar very loud, and will follow the boat till it 
gets out of fight: numbers of them are often feen 
fleeping on an iftand of ice •, if awoke, fling them- 
felves with great impetuofity into the fea y at 
which time it is dangerous to approach the ice, leaft 
they fhould tumble into the boat arid overfet it: do 
not go upon the land till the coaft is clear of ice. 
At particular times, they land in amazing numbers : 
the moment the firft gets on fhore, fo as to lie dry, 
it will not flir till another comes and forces it for¬ 
ward by beating it with its great teeth y this is 
ferved in the fame manner by the next, and fo in 
fucceffion till the whole is landed, continuing tum¬ 
bling over one another, and forcing the foremoft, 
for the fake of quiet, to remove further up. The 
method of killing them on the Magdalene ifles, in the 
* Teeth of this fize are only found on the coaft of the Icy Sea, 
where the animals are feldom molefted, and have time to attain 
their full growth. Hijl, Kamtfcbatka , 120. 
f In 1608, the crew of an Engli/h veifel killed on Cherry Ifle above 
1900 Walrufes in feven hours time; for they lay in heaps, like hogs 
huddled one upon another. Marten s Spitzberg. 181, 182. 
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