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in his private memoir to Buffon, that he had some- 

 times seen them defend their young at the expense 

 of their lives.* 



We in this place introduce a representation of a 

 cranium, which must be regarded as interesting by 

 the student, which, according to Baron Cuvier, 

 probably belonged to the Sea- Lion, and we will 

 venture to add to the Sea-Lion which is next to 

 occupy our attention. 



It came to Paris from the Museum of M. Faujas. " The 

 cranial front," says Cuvier, "is short when compared with the 

 muzzle, as is the whole head when compared with its height. Th 

 zygoinatic arch is short and high, as is likewise the lower jaw| 

 with an acute posterior angle, and the whole ought to give a rnor 

 than usual rounded external form."f 



* Buffon's Hist. Nat. Suppl. t. vi. p. SS5 

 t Oss. Foss. v. 222. 



