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seuibles tliat of a dog wiHi the cars cutoff, and 

 instead of the latter it has two oblique holes 

 whieli serve for tlie same purpose. The eyes are 

 large, globular, and furnished with long eye- 

 lashes ; the nose is like that of the calf, as is the 

 tongue ; the riuizzle is short and blunt, with 

 long whiskers, the lips being of equal size, hut 

 the uDpcr a little channelled like that of the 

 lion. The teeth are thirty-four in number: ten 

 incisors, four canine, and twenty grinders. The 

 forefeet, or more properly fins, hive two very 

 perceptible joints, one corresponding with the 

 shoulder-blade, the other with the elbow ; the 

 metacarpal bones ai^d the toes are cartilaginous, 

 and enclosed in a membraneous sheath, which 

 performs the oflice of a fore paw. Each of 

 tlicse f et has four toes, which disimguishes this 

 froiii the other species of the phoca. The ex- 

 trtiriity of the body, which is tapered almost to 

 a point, is divided into two very short parts, re- 

 presenting the hind feet, the joints of which are 

 very visible. These feet are f\unished with five 

 fingers of an unequal length, like those on the 

 hand of a ir.an, united froni the first to the third 

 joint by a rough membrane, whi h completely 

 envelopes each fing'M', and even extends beyond it. 

 At the junction of thr hind feet is situated the 

 tail, which is about tliree inches in length. In 

 both sexes the ge eiative parts are placed :t the 

 lower part of the bell v. They usually copu- 



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