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SKA-BEAR. 



FROM SPECIMEN I1N THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 

 PLATE XXIII. 



THOSE who remember the remark of the eminent 

 Peron, that there are at least twenty Seals which 

 go under the name of Sea- Bear, will not be aston- 

 ished that we willingly adorn our volume by a de- 

 lineation of a specimen now in the British Museum, 

 From the engraving of the distinguished Naturalist 

 of the Rurick we have taken our representation of 

 the Sea-Bear of the Northern Regions; from the 

 plates of Buffon we have derived a representative 

 of those of the Southern Hemisphere, supplied by 

 Forster, the companion of Captain Cook ; and 

 though there are strong reasons for believing that 

 these two animals are really different, yet it must 

 be confessed a marked similarity exists in the deli- 

 neations ; whilst the preparation in the British Museum 

 differs considerably from both. Our attention was 

 directed to this specimen by the kind civilities of 

 Mr T . Gray, the well known officer of the National 



