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so : he likewise, at his keeper's bidding, would lie 

 down on his right side, or on his left, and would 

 tumble head over heels. He would give you either 

 of his paws when desired, and would extend his 

 sweet lips to favour you with a kiss. He com- 

 plied immediately with the wishes of his master, to 

 whom he appeared to be peculiarly attached."* 

 And once more, to quote the lively and intelligent 

 Dr Hibbert: " The Phrenologists, from the form of 

 the cranium, have hazarded the opinion that the 

 Seal is possessed of uncommon intelligence. I am 

 confirmed in the same notion from a different kind 

 of observation. These animals, if taken young, are 

 easily domesticated, when they assume the habits 

 of a dog, showing attachment to particular indivi- 

 duals of the human race, repairing to the water in 

 quest of fish, and returning to the roof where they 

 have experienced kindness." 



Before proceeding to make the few remarks which 

 our limits allow, on the valuable products derived 

 from these animals, we would say a word or two 

 upon their capture. They are exceedingly tenacious 

 of life, and many cruelties have been perpetrated 

 upon them, which most who have witnessed declare to 

 be too horrible for description, and over which we 

 willingly draw a veil. If life is to be sacrificed, 

 there is a right way of taking it as well as a wrong, 

 and we insist that the former should be followed, 

 and the latter avoided. Before, however, enter* 



MammifS.es I wrais. Mai. 1824. 



