. History of North American pinnipeds, a monograph of the walruses, sea-lions, sea-bears and seals of North America . FIG. 9.—Sea Horse, 1609. these figures is evidently afforded by the context (pp. 218-219of the Hakluyt edition), in which we find the following: Andpassing along by it [Admiralty Island], we saw about twohundred seahorses lying upon a flake of ice, and we sailedclose by them and draue them from there, which had almostcast us doun; for they being mighty strong fishes [Zee-mon-sters, the editor says is the term used in the original Dutch],and of great force swam towards us (as if
. History of North American pinnipeds, a monograph of the walruses, sea-lions, sea-bears and seals of North America . FIG. 9.—Sea Horse, 1609. these figures is evidently afforded by the context (pp. 218-219of the Hakluyt edition), in which we find the following: Andpassing along by it [Admiralty Island], we saw about twohundred seahorses lying upon a flake of ice, and we sailedclose by them and draue them from there, which had almostcast us doun; for they being mighty strong fishes [Zee-mon-sters, the editor says is the term used in the original Dutch],and of great force swam towards us (as if they would revengeon us for the despight that we had done them) round aboutour scuts [boats] with a great noyse, as if they would have de-voured us; but we escaped from them by reason of a good galeof wind; yet it was not wise of us to wake sleeping FIG. 10.— Wa1nt88. Ad vivum delineatum ab Hesselo G. A. 1613. (Reduced four-sevenths.) In 1613 a very correct and in many ways admirable repre-sentation of the Walrus was published by Hessel Gerard t (or * One of these figures has been copied by Gray (Proc. Zool. Soc. London,1853, p. 114, fig. 6), but omitting the ears and somewhat reduced in figure is here reproduced (see Fig. 9). t Histoire de Spitsberghe, as cited by Gray. Blmnenbach and von Baercite doubtfully Descriptio ac delineatio geographica detectionis freti, ad occasnm supra terras Aniericanas in China atque Japonem duc-turi, etc. Von Hessel Gerard. Amsterdam, 1613. 4°. FIGURES. 97 Gerrard, as also written), drawn from life from a young animal,which, with the stuffed skin of its mother, arrived in Holland in1012. This representation consists of two figures, one of a full-grown animal, the other of a young one a few months old.* Thehind portion of the larger animal is partly hidden by the figureof t
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