rORSTER S SEA-LION. 



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which is everywhere equally thick-looking, as Buftbn de- 

 scribes it, like a great cylinder, more suited for rolling 

 than walking. Ears conical, about six or seven lines long ; 

 cartilage firm and stiff, but yet rather curled at the 

 margin. Upper lip overhanging the lower, both fur- 

 nished with long, coarse, black whiskers, which become 

 white with age. Length from ten to fourteen feet ; the 

 females shorter and more slender. (Fig. 135.) 



135. — Forster's Sea-Lion. 



Captain Cook states that it is not at all perilous to go 

 among these animals, for they either fled or stood still. 

 The only danger was in going between them and the 

 sea ; for if they took fright at anything, they would come 

 down in such numbers, that the person in the way would 

 be run over. When he and his party came suddenly 

 upon them, or waked them out of their sleep, they 

 would raise up their heads, snort and snarl, and look 



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