TIIK COMMON SKU,. 





According to Crantz, the flesh supplies the natives with their most palatable :md substantial fond 

 Their fat furnishes them with oil for lamp-light, chamber and kitchen lire ; ;ind, uhoe\er MM their 

 habitations, presently finds that, if they eveirhod a superfluity of wood, it would be of n<> u.-e : they 

 can use nothing but train-oil in them. They also mollify their dry food, mostly fish, in the oil ; mid, 

 finally, they barter it for all kinds of necessaries with the factor. They can sew better with the 

 o~f the seal's sinews than with thread or silk. Of the skins of the entrails they make their windows, 

 curtains for their tents, and shirts ; part of the bladders they use for their harpoons ; and they make 

 train-bottles of the stomach. Neither is the blood wasted, but boiled, with other ingredients, and eaten 

 as soup. Of the skin of the seal they stand in the greatest need, because they mu.-t eo\er over with 

 seal-skins both their large and small boats, in which they travel and seek their provision. "They 

 must also," Crantz adds, "cut their thongs or straps out of them, and cover their tents with them, 

 without which they could not subsist in summer. Therefore, no man can pass for a right < Inenlander 

 who cannot catch seals. This is the ultimate end they aspire to in all their device and labour, fioiu 

 their childhood up." 



The Monk Seal,* found on the Mediterranean coast of Africa, resembles the common seal in many 



THE MARBLED SEAL. 



ects but there are remarkable differences between them, particularly in their osteological 

 ipl, however can only be described too technically for a popular history. 



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which is not veil known. 



I'hoca Monacbm. 

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t Caloeephalui di,tolor. (J. annellutta : Kilsson. 



Stemmatopus : K. Cuvier. 

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