S6 



SEAL. Class L 



D I V. III. 

 PINNATED QJJADRUPEDS, 



With fin-like feet : fore legs buried deep in the 

 fkin : hind legs pointing quite backwards. 



XIX. SEAL. Cutting teeth and two canine in each jaw. 

 Five palmated toes on each foot. 

 Body thick at the Ihoulders, tapering towards the 

 tail. 



^6. Great. Sea calf, PL Tranf. ix. 74. Utfuk ? Craritz Greenl. n 

 Tab. 5. 125. 



Le grand Phoque, de Buffon, Great feal, Syn. quad. No. 

 xiii. 345. 2^^' 



A SPECIES not very uncommon on the coaft 

 of Scotland, particularly about the rock Hijkyr, 

 one of the weftern iQes, which grows to the length 

 of twelve feet. 



A young one of this fpecies was fome years ago 

 ihewen in London: notwithftanding it was fo young 

 as to have fcarce any teeth, yet it was feven feet 

 and a half long. 



In my voyage among the Hebrides I frequently 



heard 



