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see near the shore are those which have been wounded or are sick. 
to twelve fathoms. In the Gulf of Manaar stout nets, very deep, 
exaggera 
r; is n 
te e Muhammadans of the district are so fond of 
the flesh! Pp 
not by Blanford, that it feeds exclusively on a marine phaneroga- 
mous plant. This is evidently not the case, as the stomach of my 
had not burst. As regards the method of feeding, I do not think 
that it can be the same as that of the Manatees, which pluck the 
jaw p 
undles of more or less consolidated hairs, on the anterior part of 
the palate. Possibly these hairs may have the function, as they 
1 The meat is excellent ; roasted, I could not have distinguished it from 
beefstea’ none of th uliar flavour 
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a considerable time, for at least three days in ho 
—it keeps it 
mutton goes bad in twenty-four hours. The blubber 18 
lakarai. 
g' or 
weather, during which 
not made into oil at Ki 
