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534 CONCLUSIONS. 4 
pents have often been seen amusing themselves for hours when in 
a harbour, gracefully gliding in circles, as has been stated above. 
Twice an individual just as in seals, showed its head and tail quite 
above the surface, the body slightly under (135, 162), stretching 
itself comfortably; at other times crooking up its back to sun 
itself (114, 137). 
m: Sensibility of fine: weahher 
Kvidently the animals feel comfortable in fine weather and when 
there is no wind. Repeatedly we have found the statement that 
they disappear as soon as the wind begins to blow. But as they 
are air-breathing animals, they are obliged to come every now and 
again to the surface, and it is, therefore, not wonderful that there 
are reports which, though im a slight degree, contradict the other — 
statements. But upon the whole it is clear that in such circum- 
stances the animal will only raise their nostrils for a moment above 
the surface of the water in order to breathe, and this is clearly 
the reason why in many instances they are never high enough and 
long enough above the surface to be observed by men. 
When the animal appeared, the weather is reported to have been 
calm (2, 3,-5, 25, 29, 61, 64, 79, 103, 128, 130; 137, 1445 tage 
quite calm (35), good (60), clear (34, 60, 63, 83, 114, 128, 132, 
152, 154, 162), very clear (60), fine (44, 79, 128, 129, 144, 146, 
152), brisk (114), sunshiny (1387, 149, 157), warm and sunshiny ~ 
(1388), hot (150, 157), very hot (64), excessively sultry (61), cloudy 
(131), dark and cloudy (118). 
The surface of the sea is described as mooth (34, 41, 126, 146), 
quite smooth (80), very smooth (29), perfectly emcens (44, 137, 
148), extremely smooth (63), smooth as a mirror (92, 95), as 
smooth as a glass (150), as smooth as the surface of a pond (114), 
calm (2, 60), quite calm (p. 129, 115), almost calm (60), per- 
fectly calm (83, 119), exceptionally calm (148), moderate (144). 
But there may be also some sea on (120), or a sharp sea on (122), 
or the surface may be only little moved by waves (154), or occas- 
ionally disturbed by slight flaws of wind, “catpaws’ (128), or — 
there may be a long ocean swell (118), or a strong ebb tribe (51). 
In the reports we read that there was no wind (48), notabreath 
of wind (150), not a breath of air (114, 137), a very little wind 
(29), a hght wind (84, 126, 132), a light air of wind (60), a fresh 
wind (118, 129), a variable wind (132), a moderate wind (144), 
