12© MAMMALIA. BRUTA. Walrus. 



fkin is full of a fpecies of loufe, numbers of fea fowls perch on them to pick out the infects : They 

 bellow like bulls : Their fight is very weak, but their hearing extremely acute ; the fore feet are pal- 

 mated and fin-fhaped, almoft like thofe of a fea turtle ; and inftead of hind feet they have a horizon- 

 tal tail ; they have no external ears ; the noftriis are diftin£t, and at a diftance from each other ; the 

 females have two teats about the breaft ; the upper lip is full of fharp, prickly, rigid briftles. Thi= 

 animal has great affinity to the Whale and Seal tribes. The flefh is very good eating. 



169 jg. Manati. — 2. /3. Trick). Manaius borealis. 



Has no hair, and the feet have neither toes nor nails. 



Manati, called by the Ruffians Morikuia Korowa. Steller, Nov. com. Petrop. ii. 294. Schre- 

 ber, ii. 95. Hift. of Kamtfchatka, 132. Whale-tailed Manati. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 390. Arctic 

 zool. n. 81. 



Inhabits the north- weft coaft of America, the north-eaft of Afia, and the iflands which lie between 

 thefe two coafts. — This animal very often enters the mouths of the rivers; is fometimes twenty-three 

 feet long, and weighs eight thoufand pounds ; the Ikin, while wet, is of a brown colour, but becomes 

 black when dry. Inftead of ^grinders, this fpecies has, on each fide of each jaw, a large rugged bone. 

 The back bone has fixty vertebrae or joints : The body is very clumfy, and much deformed ; its cir- 

 \ cumference at the fhoulders is twelve feet, at the belly twenty, and near the tail only four ; the neck 

 is near feven feet round, and the head only thirty-one inches ; the head is very flouching, oblong, 

 and almoft fquare, with a fmall mouth, double lips, which are full of ftrong briftles that ferve the 

 purpofe of fore teeth to cut the fea plants on which they feed ; near the junction of the jaws, the 

 infide of the mouth is full of white tubular briftles, which are fet in fuch a manner" as to prevent the 

 food running out along with the water ; the eyes are very fmall, not larger than thofe of a fheep ; 

 and the orifices which lead to the internal ears are very minute ; near the fhoulders are two feet, or 

 rather fins, about two feet two inches long, concave beneath, and covered, with hard briftles, having 

 neither toes nor nails ; the tail is thick, ftrong, and horizontal, ending in a ftifF black fin, like whale- 

 bone, much fplit at the fore part, and {lightly forked ; the ikin is very thick, black, full of inequali- 

 ties like the bark of a tree^ fo hard as fcarcely to be cut with an ax, and is deftitute of hair. 



IJO 



y, Sta-ape. — -Trich. Manaius Siren. 



Has (harp erecl: ears. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 392. Aril. zool. i. 181. 



I have placed the Sea-ape in this place on the authority of Mr Pennant, though it feems rather a 

 Seal. This animal was feen by Steller on the north-weft coaft of America ; was five feet long, with a 

 head refembling that of a dog, having fharp erect ears, large eyes, and a fort of beard on both lips : 

 The body was thick, round, and tapering ; thickeft near the head, and fmalleft at the tail, which was 

 divided into two unequal lobes, the upper one longer than the other, and neither feet nor paws could 

 be obferved. This creature was full of frolic and monkey tricks, fwam round the fhip, looking at it 

 Vv'ith great amazement, fometimes railing its body a third part out of the water, and {landing ereft 

 for a confiderable time; at other times dived, and brought up a fea plant like a gourd, which it tof- 

 fed about, playing numberlefs fantaftic tricks. From this animal, more probably than from cither 

 the Lamantin or Manati, the fables concerning Sirens and Mermaids have taken their rife — T. 



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