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CHAPTER IX. 
SEALS AND WALRUSES. 
The Manatees and the Dugongs.—The Seals and the Esquimaux.—King Menelaus 
in a Seal’s Skin.—Barbarous Persecutions of the Seals in Behring’s Sea and the 
Pacifie.—Advyentures of a Sealer from Geneva.—The Sea Calf.—The Sea Bear. 
—His Parental Affection.—The Sea Lions.—The Sea Elephant.—The Arctic 
Walrus.—The Boats of the “Trent” fighting with a Herd of Walruses.—The 
White Bear.—Touching Example of its Love for its Young.—Chase of the Sea 
Otter . : A z : : . s . Page 117 
CHAPTER X. 
SEA-BIRDS. 
Their Vast Numbers.—Strand-Birds.—Artifices of the Sea-Lark to protect its 
Young.—Migrations of the Strand-Birds.—The Sea-Birds in General.—The 
Anatide.—The Eider Duck.—The Sheldrake.—The Loggerheaded Duck.— 
Auks and Penguins.—The Cormorant.—Its Use by the Chinese for Fish- 
eateching.—The Frigate Bird.—The Soland Goose.—The Gulls.—The Petrels.— 
The Albatross.—Bird-catching on St. Kilda——The Guano of the Chincha 
Islands. 5 : . 5 : . : . 142 
CHAPTER XI. 
THE REPTILES OF THE OCEAN. 
‘The Saurians of the Past Seas.—The Anatomical Structure of the Turtles.—Their 
Size.—Their Visits to the Shores——The Dangers that await their Young.— 
Turtles on the Brazilian Coast.—Prince Maximilian of Neuwied and the 
Turtle-—Conflicts of the Turtles with Wild Dogs and Tigers on the Coast 
of Java.—Turtle-catching on Ascensicn Island.—Tortoise-shel].—The Ambly- 
rhynchus cristatus.— Marine Snakes.— The Great Sea-Snake . 5 
CHAPTER XII. 
THE MARINE FISHES. 
General Observations on Fishes.—Their Locomotive Organs—Tail—Fins.-— 
Classification of Fishes by Cuvier.—Air-Bladder.—Scales.—Beauty of the 
Tropical Fishes.—The Gills.--Terrestrial Voyages of the Anabas and the 
Hassar.— Examples of Parental Affection.— Organs of Sense.—Offensive 
Weapons of Fishes.—The Sea- Wolf.—The Shark.—The Saw-Fish.—The Sword- 
Fish.—The Torpedo.—The Star-Gazer.—The Angler.—The Chstodon Ros- 
tratus.—The Remora, used for catching Turtles.—Defensive Weapons of 
Fishes—The Weever.—The Stickleback.—The Sun-Fish.—The Flying-Fish.— 
The numerous Enemies of the Fishes.—Importance and History of the Herring 
Vishery.—The Pilehard.—The Sprat.—The Anchovy.—The Cod.—The Sturc- 
