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of the Phocae, frequents the bays and 
shores of Spitzbergen in vast numbers* 
though they are not now found in such 
quantities as when the Europeans first 
navigated these seas. The walrus is 
considerably larger than the seal* being 
sometimes found eighteen feet long, and 
twelve round, where thickest.* Their 
characteristic difference, however* con¬ 
sists in the walrus having two very large 
tusks, or horns, like the elephants, pro¬ 
jecting from his upper jaw. These are 
sometimes found of an extraordinary 
size, from two to three feet in length, 
and weighing twenty pounds. The tusks 
of the Spitzbergen walrus seldom attain 
this size, because there the animal is 
generally killed before attaining its full 
growth. It is only on the northern coast 
of Asiatic Russia, or where they are not 
* The largest we caught, was only thirteen feet 
long and seven round. 
