SEA-LEOPARD. 227 



specimen of this Seal was exhibited some years ago in 

 London as the " Talking Fish." The Sea-Leopard has 

 become very rare of late years, and, according to some 

 authorities, it is almost extinct. A few hundred skins 

 are imported from time to time. 



Another species of Seal, which is now extinct, is the 

 Saw-toothed Seal of the South Seas. 



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