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reckoned a delicacy ; and the blood is made into plat, a 

 kind of black pudding. Even the entrails are at times 

 saved, and after being chopped small and boiled are 

 eaten by the Finns and Lapps ; otherwise they are dried, 

 and given to the pigs in winter time. 



THE BAUl'Il'E. 



The stomach of the seal is used for various purposes. 

 Linnaaus tells us, indeed, that in. certain parts of Sweden 

 it is converted into a bag-pipe, as represented above ; from 

 the idea, possibly, that as the seal, when living, is so 

 charmed with music, dulcet sounds might be extracted 

 from its body after death. Be this as it may, I feel assured 

 my Scottish friends will be delighted to learn that their 

 own " heaven-born " instrument may be constructed out 

 of such very simple materials. 



The medicinal properties of the seal, Rested tells 

 us, are very great, more especially preparations from 

 its blood and lungs, which are, he says, something like 

 panaceas for almost all kinds of disorders. 



