 | Thomas Rupert Jones - 1875 - 906 páginas
...considerable numbers by the natives. It is not now found in such numbers as it once was ; and no reasonable man who sees the slaughter to which it is subject...both, however, require considerable modifications.* Economic Value and Hunting. — The ivory tusks of the Walrus always command a good price in the market... | |
 | Thomas Rupert Jones - 1875 - 908 páginas
...considerable numbers by the natives. It is not now found in such numbers as it once was ; and no reasonable man who sees the slaughter to which it is subject...both, however, require considerable modifications.* Economic Value and Hunting. — The ivory tusks of the Walrus always command a good price in the market... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1880 - 814 páginas
...considerable numbers by the natives. It is not now found in such numbers as it once was ; and no reasonable man who sees the slaughter to which it is subject...Its utter extinction is a foregone conclusion."§ •Proc. and Trans. Nova Scotia Inst. Nat. Sci., vol. ii, pt. 3, pp. 126-127. tlbiil., pp. 123-127,... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1880 - 814 páginas
...considerable numbers by the natives. It is not now found in such numbers as it once was; and no reasonable man who sees the slaughter to which it is subject...Its utter extinction is a foregone conclusion."§ *Proc. mid Trans. Nova Scotia Inst. Nat. Sci., vol. ii, pt. 3, pp. 126-127. tlbid., pp. 123-127, with... | |
 | 1887 - 1200 páginas
...such numbers as it once was ; and no reasonable man who sees the slaughter to which it is subjected in Spitzbergen and elsewhere can doubt that its days are numbered. It has already become extinct wheie it wats once common. Its utter extinction is a foregone conclusion." Seals. — Nearly all the... | |
 | George Frederick Wright, Warren Upham - 1896 - 454 páginas
...live or explorers have gone. ... It is not now found in such numbers as it once was, and no reasonable man who sees the slaughter to which it is subject...common. Its utter extinction is a foregone conclusion."* Rink says : " The walrus is only rarely met with along the coast, with the exception of the tracts... | |
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It has been found as far north as the Eskimo live or explorers have gone. On the western shores of Davis's Strait, it is not uncommon about Pond's, Scott's, and Home Bays, and is killed in considerable numbers by the natives. It is not now found in such... 