THE FUR SEAL. 



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Fur Seal we have already alluded. It is one of the 

 Otaries, which are distinguished from the rest of the 

 Phocidse by their projecting auricle, or " external ear," 

 and by a peculiarity in their dentition namely, a double 

 cutting edge in the four middle incisor teeth of the upper 

 jaw. The fore ]egs, moreover, are placed further back in 

 the body than in the true seals ; and the hind legs more 

 closely resemble the fore legs than in the latter. This 

 species is found on the Falkland Islands, South Shetland, 



THE SEA-LION. 



and in other parts of the Southern Ocean ; and its soft 

 brownish fur is much valued for ladies' mantles. 



The Sea-Lions (Otaria jubata) of the South Pacific 

 figure largely in a popular romance by the American 

 novelist Cooper. They too are included among the 



