Chapter IX: Seals and Walruses

The Manatees and the Dugongs.--The Seals and the Esquimaux.--King
Menelaus in a Seal's Skin.--Barbarous Persecutions of the Seals in
Behring's Sea and the Pacific.--Adventures of a Sealer from Geneva.
--The Sea Calf.--The Sea Bear.--His Parental Affection.--The Sea
Lions.--The Sea Elephant.--The Arctic Walrus.--The Boats of the
"Trent" fighting with a Herd of Walruses.--The White Bear.--Touching
Example of its Love for its Young.--Chase of the Sea Otter 117