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Amphibies. XVI. Vol. IV. No. 88., SEVERAL KINDS OF SEALS., Fig. 1. The great Seal. (Phoca barbata.), -i. he feals as \ve know, constitute a numerous trib'e of various species. We bave iecn the common féal or Sea-calf; hère we are made ac [uainted with the great féal which \s also called the Strap-. Jeal for its fkin being eut into straps and ufed hy the Greenlanders in fifbing. The great féal measures about 12 feet. in length; it lias fhort fmooth hair of a blueish gi'ey on the back, and whitish on the lower parts. Its flat fnout is strongly bearded with white transparent briitles. It lives on thecoasts of Greenland and the northern parts of Scotlànd where it is caught in great quantity, as the inhabitants generally make ufe of its flesh, as well as of its blubber and inteftines., Fig. 2. The yellowish Seal. (Phoca flavescens.), is the smalleft of the known species. It lives on the famé coasts with the great féal. Its whole structure resembles that of the common féal or. fea-calf except the hair round the fnout, of which it is alrnoft entirely deftitute., Fig. 3. The rough Seal. (Phoca hispida.), This species, which in Groenland is called Nâit'Soak, lives on the coasts of Green land and Labrador, where it is generally caught with harpoons and arrows. It is very ferviceable to these coaft-inhabitants; its inteftines, flesh, and blubber constitute their food, and the train-oil fupplies their lamps. It is frora 6 to 8 feet long, and has the hair intermixed with a kind of very fmooth wool., Fig. 4. The little Seal. (Phoca pusilla.), The little Seal is met with in the Mediterranean fea. It generally inhabits the weltern coasts of America near the island of Juan Fernandez. , It never exceeds the length of tvvo feet, and is covered with long biack hair of remarkable smoothness.
