Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 292
native of Yolhynia, none having been killedsince 1762. Thus in thirty-eight years from the time thesecreatures were discovered, they were totally exter- dition to the north ; and Professor Nordcnskioldfound numbers of deposits of their bones whichare now utilized by the natives for various… … THE ARCTIC SEA-COW. minated; and to-day not a single skin, and only anumber of skeleton fragments are in the possessionof naturalists to tell the strange story of the de-struction of an entire race of great and powerfulanimals. Much interesting information concerning therhytina was obtained by the…
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