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Bo, Leontine. 
URSINE AND LEONINE SEAL. 
that they come afhore in Fune, and ftay till September *. Captain 
Cook found them again, in their place of remigration, in equal abun- 
dance, on Staten Land and New Georgia, in the months of December 
and Fanuary +; and Don Pernetyt found them on the Falkland’ 
iflands, in the month of February. 
According to the Greenlanders, this fpecies inhabits the foutherm 
parts of their country. They call it Auvekejak. That it is very fierce,, 
and tears to pieces whatfoever it meets; that it lives on land as 
well as in water, fwims moft impetuoufly, and is dreaded by the 
hunters ||. 
Hif?. Quad. N° 389. 
Beftia Marina, Kurillis, Kamt/chadaliset Ruffs, Kurillico.nomine Siavut/cha dikae. 
Now. Com. Petrop. ii. 360. \ 
Lion Marin, Ai. Kamt/chatka, 428. 
EAL. With a large head: nofe turning up like that of a pug 
Dog: eyes large; pupil fmaragdine: the greater angle of each: 
as if ftained with cinnabar color. In the upper jaw four fmall cut- 
ting teeth; the exterior on each fide remote, and at fome diftance 
from thefe are two large canine teeth: in the lower jaw four fmall 
cutting teeth, and’ the canine: the grinders. fmall and obtufe; four 
on each fide above, and five below: ears conicand'erect: feet exact-. 
ly like thofe of the Ux/ie Seal. 
Along the neck of the male is a mane of ftiff curled’hair; and: 
the whole neck is covered with tong waved hairs, fuch as diftinguifh 
a Lion; the reft of the aniinal’ cloathed with fhort reddifh hairs: 
thofe of the female are of the color of ochre; the young of a much, 
deeper. The old animals grow grey with age.. 
* Selkirk's account in W, Rogers’s voy. 136. t ile 194. 213, } His. 
yoyage,-Engl, Trs.187. We Faun. Greenl.. ps 6. 
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