THE SEAL. 
Do you "know what Seal oil is ? It is an oil that is 
used to burn in a lamp. Now that it is so easy to 
get gas, we do not burn much oil, but at one time 
it was used so much that men went out to hunt the 
Seal for the sake of its oil. The oil was made from 
the fat The Seal is not a fish, but it has no feet, 
and it has a kind of fin, and by the use of its fins 
it can swim very well, but they are not just like the 
fins of a fish. The Seal has a head a good de?l like 
the head of a bull dog, or pug dog, and it has a pair 
of soft, dark eyes. Its skin is very full of hair : this 
hair is dark, and not at all long, but very warm 
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