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these could, in no respect, be compared to the four 

 stomachs of the ruminants. Besides, these Seals 

 live on fish ; and it is in the highest degree impro- 

 ble that any creatures, which subsist on animal 

 food, should chew their cud. 



Great Seals are not uncommon on the coasts 

 of Scotland, and particularly about the rock of 

 Hiskyr, one of the Western Islands. We are in- 

 formed by Dr. Heysham, that they have sometimes 

 been driven, by tempests, upon the sea shores of 

 Cumberland. 



It is generally supposed that these are the same 

 animals which, in Iceland, have the name of 

 gramselt ; in Greenland, of urksuk, and takka- 

 mugak ; and in Russia, of lachtak. 



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