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in the skin, and externally scarcely perceptible. 

 " The males made their appearance regularly, about 

 the middle of August, and towards the latter end 

 came in great numbers, ranging themselves along the 

 beach, close to the water's edge, and severe contests 

 ensued for possession of a location. In September, 

 the females came up to calve, and suckle the young, 

 for five weeks. At first, the calves are quite black, 

 and their skin is beautifully glossy. By the middle 

 of October all the females return to the water, being 

 by that time quite lean, from want of food and 

 nursing : the old males and young then proceed in- 

 land, some to two miles distance, and as many as 

 a Hundred in one herd ; living together amicably to 

 the middle of December, when both old and young 

 return to the sea, the old in particular very lean, as 

 they do not make use of any food. While being 

 nursed by their mothers, the calves grow with ama- 

 zing rapidity, and become a beautiful silver grey, 

 similar to seals. From December to August, year- 

 lings and bull elephants are always to be found on 

 shore." Other particulars are scattered in different 

 pages, and we learned from him, verbally, that the 

 inflatable nasal skin is not a very conspicuous cha- 

 racter. 



Mac. simw, nolis. It would seem that there is 

 a third species, almost without the appendage, for, 

 although by no means inferior in size to the for- 

 mer, it is not readily observed even by an artist, 

 as we were informed by Mr. Earle, by whose kind- 



