SHA O T PER 
Thefe animals partake very much of the nature of Seals, in their 
almoft conftant refidence in the water, their manner of fwimming, 
fin-like legs, and number of fore teeth. In their ears they greatly 
refemble the /ittle Seal of my Hiftory of Quadrupeds, N° 386, and 
feem the animals which conneé the genera of Otters and Seals. 
They are feen very remote from land, fometimes even at the dif- 
tance of a hundred leagues. 
N..2 Dili 
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