The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . ?, THE BEARDED SEAL. Swedish, Stoisiil. (Phoca barbata, Fabr ). THE ROUGH SEAL. Swedish, Snadd. {Phoca hispida, Eixl.) but it is stated to occur yearly in pretty large numbers amongthe ice of South Cape on Spitzbergen. Only onceduring our many voyages in the Polar Sea has a Klapviyts beenseen, viz , a young one that was killed in 1858 in the neighbour-hood of Bear Island. Of the various species of whales, the narwhal, distinguished 12S THE VOYAGE OF THE VE
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . ?, THE BEARDED SEAL. Swedish, Stoisiil. (Phoca barbata, Fabr ). THE ROUGH SEAL. Swedish, Snadd. {Phoca hispida, Eixl.) but it is stated to occur yearly in pretty large numbers amongthe ice of South Cape on Spitzbergen. Only onceduring our many voyages in the Polar Sea has a Klapviyts beenseen, viz , a young one that was killed in 1858 in the neighbour-hood of Bear Island. Of the various species of whales, the narwhal, distinguished 12S THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. r<^HAr. by its long and Taluable horn projecting in the longitudinaldirection of the body from the upper jaw, now occurs so seldom onthe coast of ^ovaya Zemlya that it has never been seen there by the Norwegian walrus-hunters. It is more common at HopeIsland, and Witsen states (p. 903) that large herds of narwhalshave been seen between Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya. The white whale or beluga, of equal size with the narwhal,on the other hand, occurs in large shoals on the coasts ofSpitzbergen and Z!sovaya Zemlya, especially near the mouths offresh-water streams. These animals were fo
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