from the moiitli, liketlio'ic of the lamo, but their 

 disposition is simihir to tliose of the iirign*^. In 

 the confoimation of the hinder ^cc^i it also re- 

 seinhles lliat animal, cxcoptthat tliose of the sea- 

 lion are ]>:ilniated. The fore feet are cartilagi- 

 nous, vtry short in proportion to its size, divided 

 in(o five toes, terminated by nails, and united by 

 a membra' e, in the manner of those of the rle-* 

 phantine seal. Tlie tail is about nine inches 

 Ions;', and is round and black. 



The fema] is much smaller than the male, and 

 has no mane; it has two teats, and produces but 

 one younp; at a birth, towards vshich it discovers 

 great aCVction. The Abbe Peniettv, in the ac- 

 count of his voyage to the Mahuiine islands, 

 mention? his having seen sea-lions of twenty-two 

 iv.e.i in length, but the largest that I have seen in 

 Chili did not exceed thirteen or fourteen ieei. 

 These animals arc very fat, and no less sin- - 

 guineous than the urigne. When wounded, 

 ihev iiinnediately throw {hemselves into the sea, 

 and leave a long track of blood behind them, 

 wliich serves as a guide for the lames and uriines, 

 who in this state of weakness atfat k and easily 

 overcome and devour them. Tliij disposition, 

 ho V. ever, is not rec proeal, as the sea-lion never 

 atteinjUs to har'n any of the other ])hocs, even 

 Vvlien thev are U!ia!)l(i to protect thtinSvlves. 



i have been intbrmed bv the tishennen that 

 ihey hnve occasionally seen i\\ tlie^c s*as vaiious 



