By permission cftht Hen. Waltir Rothschild] 



SEA-ELEPHANT 



LTring 



These enormous seals (about 20 feet in length) are becoming -very scarce. When they come ashore, they are easily approached, though not 

 so easily lulled. They are much valued for their oil. Note the trunk-like prolongation of the nose, -which, when the animal is excited, becomes 

 distended 



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