iii()ij)(;y OF TiiK nraoxt 



adapted for a manifold touch function, a fact that is of the iri'oatest 

 importance in the procuring of food. Apparently it serves in 

 some defjree to offset the seeminjjly poor evesight, so that the 

 animal in its wanderin^js over tlie beds of seaweed may he ac- 

 (juainted of the presence of blocks of coral, stomas, and llic like. 

 The finely developed sense of touch in this oioaii i> aU(. ^liown 

 by the fact that it was never found to l)c injuml. in contrast to 

 the skin of the rest of the body. 



The presence of numerous scars and scratches on the skin of 

 the back and sides of the body is characteristic of the dugong. 



