The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

FAUNA AND FLORA. 15whale fishing is almost abandoned in the North Atlantic. The walrus also,formerly so common that the Normans, without leaving the Scandinavian waters,procured enough ivory from this animal to pay their " Peter's pence," is nolonger met beyond the northern latitudes. But the grindehval is still hunted, andthe fishermen of the Faroer Islands alone capture over 1,200 yearly.*The Stimulus borealis [haahjaring, hakal) is also sought for the sake of its liver,and as many as 23,000 are annually killed on the coasts of Iceland. The seal, ofFig. 9. Norwegian Coast: View of Tuoxdiijem.which five species are met on the shores of Iceland, Jan llayen, and Spitzbergen,forms a special object of prey, and about one million are yearly taken in the seasstretching between Scandinavia and Greenland. f Modern industry needs a* Irmingnr, " Notes sur les peches du Dancmark, des lies Faroer," &o.t Gh. Grad, " Esquisse physique des lies Spitzbergen."