CONTENTS. 



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MEMOIR OF 3V1. FRANCOIS PERON T , . . 17 



INTRODUCTION, ...... 37 



GROUP I. THE AMPHIBIOUS CARNIVORA, . . 4,3 



Comparative Anatomy, ..... 49 



Habits and Disposition, . . . . . 71 



Capture, ....... 81 



Products, 88 



Seal- Trade, 96 



Classification observed, . . . . 98 

 THE WALRUS, OR SEA- HORSE. 



Trichechus. Plate 1 103 



THE SEAL GROUP, OR PHOCID^E. 



The Proper Seals, or Phocae, . . . . 125 



GKNUS CALOCEPHALUS OF M. F. CUVIER, . . 127 

 The Common Seal of the Scottish Coast, 



Ph. Vitulina. Plate II. . . . 128 

 The Common Seal of the French Coast, 



Phoca vitulina. Plate III. . . . 139 



