SEA-LION OF PERNETTY. 24? 



Feet. In. 

 Length, along the back, from tip of snout to tip of 



tail 7 10 



ofthetail 3 3 



. from tip of snout to anterior edge of fore-paw... 3 4 I 



from posterior edge of base of paw to root of tail 380 



. -from ear to ear over the forehead 1 2 4 



. of fore-paws, from base to extremity. 1 9 



of projecting membranes 8 



- . of hind- foot, from base to extremity 1 8 



of projecting membrane, (much shrunk,) 6 



of concha of the ear 8 



Circumference of the neok, smallest part 4 5 6 



body before the fore-paws 6 



at. the root of the tail 2 6 6 



Distance of ear from angle of the mouth 7 



from tip of nose to the eye 3 6 



of external angle of the eye to the ear 3 10 



of one external angle of the eye to the other.... 6 



The following is the account of Pernetty, as 

 taken from the animals he met with in the Falk- 

 land Islands : "The name of the Sea-Lion ap- 

 plies best to that species, the head, neck, and 

 shoulders, of which are covered with hair as 

 long, at least, as that of the she-goat. This cir- 

 cumstance gives the animal a resemblance to the 

 Lion of the forest. These Sea- Lions are about 

 twenty-five feet long, and nineteen or twenty in 

 circumference, where they are largest. The teeth 

 of the maned Lions are much larger and more solid 

 than those of other Seals. I have now in my pos- 

 session the tooth of a true Sea- Lion, the diameter 

 of which is at least three inches, and its length (in- 

 cluding the root) seven, and it is not one of the 



