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of one. "Why they flioiild be called fea-horfes, is hard to »778- 



■' ■' Aueuft. 



fay ; unlefs the word be a corruption of the Ruffian name 

 Morfe; for they have not the lead refemblance of a horfe. 

 This is, without doubt, the fame animal that is found in 

 the Gulph of St. Lawrence, and there called Sea-cow. It ife 

 certainly more like a cow than a horfe ; but this likenefs 

 ■confifts in nothing but the fnout. In fliort, it is an ani- 

 mal like a feal ; but incomparably larger. The dimen- 

 sions dud weight of one, which was none of the largefl, 

 were as follows : 



Feet. Inches. 



Length from the fnout to the tail - - 9 4 



Length of the neck, from the fnout to the 1 

 fhoulder-bone - - - ^ 



Height of the flioulder - - -50 



Length of the fins j^^. , * ' ' " . 



^ fHmd - - - 2 6 



^ , 1 r 1 /• ^Fore - - - I 24. 



Breadth of the fins <_^. , 



^Hmd - - -20 



C Breadth - - - - o 5t 



Snout < 



(Depth - - - - I 3 



Circumference of the neck clofe to the ears - 2 7 



Circumference of the body at the flioulder - 710 



Circumference near the hind fins - - 5 6 



From the fnout to the eyes - - 07 



lb. 



Weight of the carcafe, without the 

 head, fkin, or entrails 



Head 41:- 



Skin - - - . 205 



I could not find out what thefe animals feed upon, There 

 was nothing in the maws of thofe we killed. 



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