78 Southern Cross. 



colour the back is greyish-brown, and under the belly silver-grey, 

 with lighter spots in the division. A specimen I saw soon after it had 

 been shot appeared to me to be distinctly slaty-colour ; this specimen 

 measured nearly eleven feet in length. The eyes were very large, 

 and underneath the chin was a most extraordinary protuberance or 

 sack, which is evidently inflated when the animal is angered. The 

 greatest interest centres in the skull, which is quite different to that 

 of any other known Seal. The dentition is exceedingly feeble ; of 

 two of the skulls procured by the ' Southern Gross,' one had no molar 

 teeth whatever, and the other six molars on each side in the upper 

 jaw, and five on each side in the lower. 



" The food of this Seal is much the same as that of Weddell's and 

 the White Seals. The remains of Octopus were found in the stomach 

 examined by Mr. Hanson." 



An interesting account of the capture of the first Eoss's Seal will 

 be found in Mr. Nicolai Hanson's private diary {infra, p. 89). See 

 also Mr. Borchgrevink's book (p. 74). 



