THE 8BA LEOPARD. 



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mi of this strurtun\ and j-arth U-.-aus.- the >.-aU |as SO much <.f tlu-ii titn.- IM-IHM- 

 -uif:i., ,,f tin- water, it lia-* IN-I-H SIIPINKKHI that the aenae of hearing will lie little needed by 

 tip-in, ami that it is imt .it all acute. 



\<\. an\ on,- \\lio lias lx-.'ii accustoms! to diving must haxe ! ! that when the 



body is entin-h submerged in tin- water, tin- auditoi \ ..i^ms are very sensitive to sounds 

 which an- ruim-xisl tlinxi^li tin- \\at-i. although n't to those whirh an- |iiiMluol on land and 

 an- only ti-.iii-iiiittfd thnniKh tin- upiH-r atnio>|.|i.-iv. 1 uple, although wh<>n a man IN 



.-ntin-ly suliiiu-ru'''<l h- i^ unaM- to hear the loiid.^t .limits that -iiu U niis.-<l l.\ jx-nonflon 

 slum-, liis t-;u>, nil- almost juiinfully s-nsitivc to any sound that is |UIM|IH-I-<{ in tin- \\nt'rand 



SBA LKPAI(I> If 



is ti-insinitt^l throuirh its mexlinmship. A stone thrown into the water, or a blow strurk 

 11 1 Km its surface, is heard with perfect distinctness, while the measured stroke of oare and 

 th.-ir iH-uliar irriiidiiiu' n>ll in the rowlocks become perceptible to his ears lonjf l^efore the 

 sound isaudil)!'- to tlio^,- \\ho an- on land. 



\V,- must U- extremely -aiitioiis in offering any conjectures on the supposed eHi< it-n<-y or 

 dullness of certain oii::m- l-<-aus.- - fam-y that if we w-n> placed under tlu- S.-IIIH- i-oiiditions 

 our own organs would serve or fail us. In many rases these conjectur.il asM-nioiis. am-.tii: 

 uhioh we may reckon many of Buffon's hrilliant distjuisitions, are found to !* in <lin-< t roii- 

 tr.idii-tii.H to th.- n-al fa.-ts. and in all instances it is necessiiry to le exceedingly cautious lest 

 we should overlook some rin-urnstan<-- which may entirely alt-r the whole asjiect t affairs. 



Very little is known of the habits of the Sea Leopanl. lii<-li an- ].robably much the -:nn<- 



asth.. f tip- ,-,,iinn..n ^.-:il. :>- r : i],T ;i in \V.-dd.'lL U!L. t'u-t notir.Ml il.i- s,..,-i.-s. s|-. : ,Us ,,f ii 



easnally as a well-known animal, merely mentioning that his men raiiirht so many I^ninl 

 Seals, or that they secured so many s-al skins and so many Leopard Seal skins in the course 

 of their hunt. 



