Mammalia.] 



SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 



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confident, however, that the seal merely intended to frighten me, and had no desire 

 to take a piece out of my leg. However, I wound up my line, and moved to a less- 

 exposed situation. It is only necessary to throw a stick or a stone at a seal when 

 in the water, and, though he may not be hit, he at once makes off. 



Fig. 5. — Seai,-teack, Masked Island, Auckland Islands. 



Seals appear to haunt particular areas of the coast, and one old bull lived in a 

 quiet bay near our camp, where he could be seen at almost any time. He was never 

 disturbed by our party, and I am confident that he would have become quite tame 

 in time, for he was much more tolerant of our presence after an acquaintance of a 

 few days. 



