ELEPHANT SEAL OR SEA ELEPHANT 85 



persecution. It was common on the Falkland Islands and 

 Tristan da Cunha, but is now scarce on the former, and 

 has entirely disappeared from the latter. 



As one or two examples have been procured off 

 Mozambique, I am including the species in my work. 

 The Transvaal Museum contains the skeleton of one from 

 Delagoa Bay. 



