THE SEA OTTER. 



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Playfulness, &c. 



sun while looking out for their enemy; then 

 throwing their young down into the water and 

 fetching them up again. In their escape they 

 carry the sucklings in their mouths, and driv^ 

 before them those that are full-grown. 



The flesh of these otters when young, is said 

 to be delicate eating, and to have a near resem- 

 blance to that of a lamb; 



