EARED. SEALS. III 
swing their long heavy necks to and fro, with every elevation of their hind- 
quarters, which they seldom raise from the ground, drawing them up after the 
fore-feet with a slide over the grass, sand, rock, ete, as the case may be; and 
pausing frequently to take a sullen and ferocious survey of the field and the 
drivers. It further appears from the same account that the males are less systematic 
and exacting in the formation and protection of their parties of females than is the 
case with the northern sea-bear ; and they are not known to travel so far inland. 
Moreover, these seals are very shy and wary, and never allow their haunts to be 





















THE NORTHERN SEA-LION (,), nat. size). 
visited by man without making a sudden rush to the sea. The males leave the sea 
and take up their stations on the narrow belts of ground, which they prefer, early 
in May, while the females follow them after an interval of three or four weeks, 
thus arriving during the first weeks in June. Usually each male during the 
breeding-season is accompanied by from ten to fifteen females. The latter are 
allowed to move freely from place to place; and are accustomed to go down to 
the shore, accompanied by their young—often carried by the nape of the neck 
—and disport themselves in the surf; such rambles being never undertaken by 
the female sea-bears. On the two main islands of the Prybiloff group, respect- 
ively known as St. Paul’s and St. George’s, it was estimated by Mr. Elliot that 
