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merely a pair of black gloved hands, but his hind feet 

 are wider, like a drawn-out human foot spread at right 

 angles from its body. He uses these fore flippers in 

 Avalking quite like legs, and, though he shuffles along, 

 does not cling and crawl like the Walrus. His hind 

 flippers propel him through the water like paddles. 



Sea Bear or Fur Seal. 



" The male wears two coats, like most fur beasts. 

 One of shining, strawlike over-hair, the other the soft 

 under-fur we see in jackets. At the first glance you 

 would say that this Seal is dark brown in color, with 

 some white or grizzly hairs. The female is much 

 smaller, not measuring more than five feet. She is less 

 clumsy and of more graceful shape. Her head is well 

 formed and she has gentle, lustrous eyes. Her skin, 

 when wet, varies in color from beautiful deep gray and 

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