. Die American Natural History; eine Stiftung für nützliches Wissen der höheren Tiere von Nordamerika. Natural History. 64 ORDEES der Säugetiere - Robben und Seelöwen Herden über auf dem Eis - Felder, nach Süden zurückziehen, als der Rand des Eis Fortschritte schweben. Im offenen Meer, tlie schlafende Haltung der Walrus ist floating kerzengerade in das Wasser. Er grunzt und brüllt, und viele Male Schiffe haben Sie gewarnt worden, gefährlich, Nebel - verborgenen Felsen durch das Walross auf ihnen liegen. Auf dem Land das Walross ist ungeschickt und 1900, Dampfer gold Lager - bergleute zum Cape Nome durch Herden von Walross in B

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. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 64 ORDEES OF MAMMALS—SEALS AND SEA-LIONS herds float about on the ice-fields, retreating southward as the edge of the ice advances. In the open sea, tlie sleeping posture of the Walrus is floating bolt upright in the water. He grunts and bellows, and many times vessels have been warned off dangerous, fog-hidden rocks by the Walrus lying upon them. On land the Walrus is the most clumsy and In 1900, steamers bearing gold-miners to Cape Nome passed through herds of Walrus in Bering Sea, and manj^ of the animals were killed, waste- fully and wantonh^, by passengers firing from the decks, with no possibility of securing a single victim. As elsewhere, the instinct of man in the far north is to slay and slay, and preserve no living thing.. THE PACIFIC WALRUS. An old male of the largest size. Drawn from a mounted S]>ccimen in the United States National Museum. helpless of all land animals, and is easily ap- proached and killed. In the water, it becomes a danger to be avoided, on account of its proneness to wreck small boats. A full-grown Walrus has never been seen in captivity. Two or three very young specimens have reached Europe, and in September, 1902, Commander Robert E. Peary brought one to New York for the Zoological Park, where it was exhibited until it died. The Walrus has been hunted so diligently for its oil that to-day very few remain, and the na- tives who once depended solely upon this animal for food, fuel, lights, boats, dog harness, and leather for all purposes now are on the verge of starvation, and are really kept alive by public bounty. Previous to our purchase of Alaska, about 10, 000 Walrus were killed annually by the Eskimo, and utilized. In the long, hard winter. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustr

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