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* Two species of the Seal are the only quadrupeds on the 
island that can be considered as strictly indigenous, the wild 
goats and hogs having been introduced since its discovery by 
the Europzeans. 
** The Bottle-nosed Seal, or Sea Lion (Phoca leonina). 'The 
colour of this animal is bluish-gray along the back, approach- 
ing to white on the belly. It sheds its hair once a year, which 
falls off in large irregular patches, giving the animal at that 
season a most ragged and uncouth appearance. The full- 
grown male measures 20—25 feet in length, and yields 70 gal- 
lons of oil. The female is considerably smaller; when irri- 
tated, it has a curious manner of protruding its snout and 
 inflaming the skin over its nose; but there is nothing like the 
crest with which the head of the animal is adorned in Shaw's 
Zoology. The whole figure is, in truth, a complete caricature, 
without the slightest resemblance to the original. 
* These animals pass the greater part of their time ashore, 
never quitting it unless when disturbed, or when, urged by 
hunger, they repair to the reef to feed on the sea-weed. They 
may be seen in hundreds lying asleep on the sandy beach, or 
concealed among the long Spartina grass which borders the 
sea-shore. These huge animals are so little apprehensive of 
danger, that they must be kicked or pelted with stones before 
they make any effort to move out of one’s way. When 
roused from their slumber, they raise the forepart of their 
body, open wide their mouth, and display a formidable set of 
tusks, but never attempt to bite. Should this, however, fail 
to intimidate the disturbers, they set themselves at length in 
motion, and make for the water, but still with such delibera- 
tion, that on an expedition which we once made to the oppo- 
site side of the island, two of our party were tempted to get 
astride upon the back of one of them, and rode him fairly into 
the sea. bee i See I NIME 
« The Falkland Island Seal (Phoca australis). This species 
grows to the length of five or six feet. The fur on the back 
is dark brown, intermixed with long hairs tipped with white. 
The throat and breast are cream-coloured, the belly rufous. 
The vibrissee of the male are white, very long, some of them 
