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and has thirty-four teeth set deep in the jaw, which 

 are very large and solid, and as white as ivory ; the 

 middle teeth are about four inches in length, and an 

 inch and a half in diameter ; the incisors do not pro- 

 ject from the mouth, like those of the lame, but their 

 disposition is similar to those of the urigne. In the 

 conformation of the hinder feet it also resembles 

 that animal, except that those of the sea-lion are pal- 

 mated. The fore feet are cartilaginous, very short 

 in proportion to its size, are divided into five toes, 

 terminated by nails, and united by a membrane, 

 in the manner of those of the elephantine seal. The 

 tail is about nine inches long, and is round and 

 black. 



The female is much smaller than the male, and 

 has no mane ; it has two teats, and produces but 

 one young at a birth, towards which it discovers 

 great affection. The Abbé Pernetty, in the account 

 of his voyage to the Malouine islands, mentions his 

 having seen sea-lions of twenty two feet in length, 

 but the largest that I have seen in Chili did not ex- 

 ceed thirteen or fourteen feet. These animals are 

 very fat, and no less sanguineous than the urigne. 

 When wounded, they immediately throw themselves 

 into the sea, and leave a long track of blood behind 

 them, which serves as a guide for the lames and 

 urignes, who in this state of weakness attack and 

 easily overcome and devour them. This disposition, 

 however, is not reciprocal, as the sea-lion never at- 

 tempts to harm any of the other phocas, even when 

 they are unable to protect themselves. 



