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TEETH. 
Toncug, Ears. 
Fort LEGS. 
HInp LEGS. 
TalL. 
Bopy, 
FEMALE. 
Co tor. 
PLACE. 
URS PN EMS BAL. 
In the upper jaw four bifurcated cutting teeth; on each fide of 
thefe a very fharp canine tooth bending inwards; beyond thefe ano- 
ther, which, in battle, the animal ftrikes with, as Boars do with their 
tufks. Inftead of grinders, in each upper jaw are fix fharp teeth 
refembling canine, and very flightly exerted. In the lower jaw four 
cutting teeth, and canine like thofe in the upper; and on each fide 
ten others in the place of grinders. When the mouth is clofed all the 
teeth lock into each other. 
The tongue rough and bifid: the ears fhort, fmall, and fharp- 
pointed, hairy on the outfide, fmooth and polifhed within. 
Fore legs two feet long, not-immerfed in the body, like thofe 
of other Seals, but refemble thofe of common quadrupeds. The 
feet are furnifhed with five toes, with the rudiments of nails; but 
thefe are fo entirely covered with a naked fkin, as to be as much 
concealed as a hand is with a mitten. The animal ftands on thefe 
legs with the utmoft firmnefs; yet the feet feem but a fhapelefs 
mafs. 
The hind legs are twenty-two inches long, and fituated like thofe 
of Seals; but are capable of being brought forward, fo that the ani- 
mal makes ufe of them to fcratch its head: on each are five toes, 
connected by a large web; and are a foot broad. The tail is only 
two inches long. 
The body is of a conoid fhape. The length of a large one is 
about eight feet ; the circumference near the fhoulders is five feet, 
near the tail twenty inches. The weight eight hundred pounds. 
The female is far inferior in fize to the male:*it has two teats, 
placed far behind. 
The whole animal is covered with long and rough hair, of a 
blackith color ; that of the old is tipt with grey; and on the neck of 
the males is a little longer and erect: beneath the hair is a foft fur 
of a bay color. The females are cinereous. The fkin is thick and 
ftrong. 
Thefe animals are found in amazing multitudes on the iflands be- 
tween 
