Till': i.u/'.'A'/r.i.v wrrnALisr [Vcl. xl 



tioiis their tiid only in tl.r takino- „t' f<„„]. lirown ('7S, p. 29(i) 

 hriiifrs up still another arf^unient a^niinst the po,ssil)ility of a man- 

 atee being able to leave the water by aid of its flippers, nainels' 

 the weakness of tliese organs, and his investigations into this 

 matter also resulted ticgiitivcly. ('rane ('SI, p. 457) makes a 

 similar statement, basing his opinion on the generally clumsy 

 movements of the animal when on dry land as well as on certain 

 other considerations. ()p|)()s('d to these observations are only 

 the statements of Cunningham (7()j and Noack ('87, p. 299). 

 The former saw a manatee support itself above the water by its 

 Hippers in order to crop the grass at the edge of the shore. This 

 was done in such a way that one limb rested u])on the shore. Tlu- 

 hitter autlior goes still further, for he states that the manatee i^ 

 able to come out and move about on the land. "The animal 

 ( M. srnrf/alni.sis) ean actually move from place to place, though 

 in a li()l>bliiig and unsteady manner. In so doing it supports 

 it>elf on it. \Nri.ts \ :\ and the outer edo-e of the forwardly directed 

 liands. moving them alternately, and thus it |)r()gresses forward, 



iix-oiiioio!' m(»\rnienis, while the motions of the flippers might 

 liavr prevented the body from fallinu' over. in anv case the 

 portion of ihr.r limb. a. drxribr.l i. \<-rv remarkable: \oack 

 r-latr. (l,;,l hi- m.niiiler uhilr in the u:,mr ummI it. flipper, to 

 remove from it. month piece, of bn^ad that ha<l proxe.l too largv. 

 But as for a supporting fimction of these organs while in the w^ater, 

 Xoack likewise knew of no evidence. 

 To stmt up, it tnust be said, then, that scientific observation 



are unable to move about on land) has hitherto pro- 



theeviden.v brought forward b,x \b..| (U.p itW. a. ha. already 



