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carried back to its native waters, and never more 

 appeared. 



It is well know"a that the common Seal or 

 Phoca vitulina, may also be readily tamed. 



Lastly the round-tailtd Manati, a species allied 

 to the former, but smaller, is a native of the larger 

 Afi'ican rivers ; it grows to the length of fourteen 

 feet, and is of a dark colour, with hair somewhat 

 resembling that of the Seals, and a flat rounded 

 iin at the extremity of the body, formed by the 

 juncture of the webs of the hind-feet : the fore- 

 feet are each furnished with flat and rounded nails. 

 A specimen of this animal -exists in the Leverian 

 Museum. 



CETACEA. 



PIaving taken a slight survey of the pinnated 

 or web-footed quadrupeds, we are led by a kind of 

 natural transition to the Cetaceous Mammalia or 

 Whales. These cannot in strict proprietj^ be called 

 Quadrupeds, since i\iey are in reality furnished 

 with only two feet, which have the appearance of 



