Is the Walrus, or Sea-Horse, ever found in the Baltic, or in the ocean
near Norway or Lapland?
Mr. J. R. Forster, in his Notes on the _Geography of Europe by King
Alfred_, appended to the edition of _Orosius_ by Daines Barrington,
says, at p. 243.:
"In the country of the Beormas he (Ohthere) found the
_horse-whales_ or the _Walrus_, animals which he distinguishes
carefully from the whales and the seals, of whose teeth he brought
a present to King Alfred, and which are found _nowhere but in the
White Sea, near Archangel_, and the other seas to the north of
Siberia. In all the ocean near Norway and Lapland, no walruses are
ever seen, _but still less in the Baltic_."
I wish to know if the walrus is found in the Baltic, and where it most
abounds, with a reference to voyages or written works of authority where
it is mentioned. Personal testimony would be valuable.