go ANIMAL LIFE UNDER WATER 



illustration on the same plate shows him swing- 

 ing up to the surface to breathe. 



With the otter, bubbles of air continue to 

 escape from the nostrils while the animal is under 

 water, which makes the chain. The seal, how- 

 ever, keeps the nostrils tight closed under water, 

 and as soon as he comes to the surface he widely 

 dilates them, and blows the foul air out of his 

 lungs. 



After a good feed this animal would scramble 

 on to a large rock by the side of the water and 

 digest his meal. Here he would lie for an hour 

 or two unless disturbed by our fox terrier. It 

 was the delight of this dog to bark and jump 

 round the resting beast until finally the seal could 

 stand it no longer and plunged into the pond. 

 The seal then swam under water to the other 

 side, but the terrier was there before him and 

 barked furiously as the seal's head appeared. 

 The seal never took it very seriously and was 

 more disgusted than annoyed. The proceeding, 

 however, gave several opportunities to photo- 

 graph the facial expression of a seal as shown 

 on the plate opposite. 



