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flippers worn on the upper surface and wherever the 
surface could rub. Webs of hind feet extended twelve 
inches when fully stretched, of fore feet seven inches, 
brownish and hairy beneath. The hair of arm pits and 
underside of fore flipper longer and thicker than elsewhere. 
A bare space indicating the navel measured three inches 
wide and two-and-a-half long. Two inches behind this 
a pair of orifices, admitting pencil points, indicated nipples. 
The sexual orifice hidden with long hair. The outer and 
lower rows of bristles in the moustache longest, increasing 
in length gradually to the outermost; the extreme one of 
the lowest row but one being the longest, and measuring 
five and three-quarters inches. A solitary hair on each 
cheek between nostril and eye; and four or five slender 
hairs grouped an inch behind each eye. The hairs, on 
skinning the creature, were found to have long roots 
projecting beyond the inner surface of the skin, and were 
deeply imbedded in the muscle. The moustaches con- 
sisted of six rows of bristles, consisting of five hairs in the 
lowest, seven in the next, eight, seven, six and three in 
the others. The cheeks and chin, shoulders and loins 
were white, slightly mottled. The shoulders, paws and 
belly whitish, the rest of the creature being bare and 
everywhere black or darkly coloured. Searcely any 
indication of the cavity of the hood was noticeable on 
skinning the head. The total length was five feet three 
inches. 
