. The seals and whales of the British seas. oung one, which lived only a few ilays in their the 1st of November, 1S67, another was received, which lived till the19th of December, when it unfortunately died, notwilhstandin- the care. SEALS AND WHALES OF THE BRITISLL SEAS. 35 bestowed upon it, both as regards food and accommodation. Tliis last wascaptured by the whale-ship Arctic, on the 28th of August, 1867, in lat. 69°N. and long. 64° W., and brought to Dundee, whence it was conveyed byMr. Bartlett to the Societys Gardens. The captain of the Arctic saw twoor three hundred walruses b
. The seals and whales of the British seas. oung one, which lived only a few ilays in their the 1st of November, 1S67, another was received, which lived till the19th of December, when it unfortunately died, notwilhstandin- the care. SEALS AND WHALES OF THE BRITISLL SEAS. 35 bestowed upon it, both as regards food and accommodation. Tliis last wascaptured by the whale-ship Arctic, on the 28th of August, 1867, in lat. 69°N. and long. 64° W., and brought to Dundee, whence it was conveyed byMr. Bartlett to the Societys Gardens. The captain of the Arctic saw twoor three hundred walruses basking upon the ice, and sent out his boats tothe attack : among the killed was an old female followed by her young one ;the latter was taken on board and eventually brought to England. Although now confined to the icy seas of the Arctic circle, the Walruswas probably not uncommon on our shores in times long past. The skullis said to have been found in the peat near Ely, and Hector Boece, in hisCronikles of Scotland, mentions it as a regular inhabitant of our shores in theend of the 15th century: in the present century it has occurred several times,although it must be considered as a very rare straggler, sadly out of its
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