Class I. 



COMMON SEAL. 



167 



so young as to have scarcely any teeth, yet it 

 was seven feet and a half long. 



In my voyage among the Hebrides I frequent- 

 ly heard of this species, but did not meet with 

 it. Mr. Thompson, our master, shot one, but it 

 sunk, and we lost it. 



Le Veau marin, ou loup de 

 Mer. Belon 25. PI. 2fi. 



Seal, Seoile, or Sea-calf. 

 Phoca, seu vitulus mari- 

 nus. Rail syn. quad. I89. 



Sea-calf. Phil. Trans. No. 

 469. Tab. 1. Abridg. xlvii. 



Smith's Kerry, 84, 364. 



Borlase's Cornw. 284. 



Worm. muse. 289. 



Kassigiak. Crantzs hist. 

 Greenl. i. 123. 



Brit. Moelrhon 



Fren. Le Veau marin 



Ital. Vechio marine- 



Span. Lobo marino 



Le Phoque, De Buff on, Tom. 37. Commow. 



xiii. 333. Tab. 45. 

 Horr. Icel. 88. 

 Poyitop. Norw. ii. 125. 

 Brisson quad. l6"2. 

 Phoca vitulina. Gm. Lin. 63. 

 Phoca. Klein quad. Q3. 

 Phoca dentibus caninis rectis. 



Faun. Suec. 4. 

 Br. Zool. 34. Hist. quad. ii.. 



No. 470. p. 270. Arct. Zool. 



i. 175. 



Germ. Meer wolff. Meer hund 

 Dut. Zee hond 

 Swed. Sial 

 Dan. Saelhund. 



X HE common length of those taken on the D 

 British coasts, is from five to six feet. 



The subject that we took our description 

 from, was a young one ; allowance must there- 

 fore be made for the proportions of the measure- 

 ments of those that have attained their full size. 

 Its length, from the end of the nose to the end 



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