PIED SEAL. 
of Campeachy, or any where at all in the 
East Indies. 
They are found in greatest multitudes to- 
wards the North and the South: swarming 
near the Ardlic circle, and the lower parts of 
South America, in both oceans ; as well as 
near the southern end of Terra del Fuego, and 
even among the floating ice as low as Soutli 
Latitude 60. 21. They also inhabit the Cas- 
pian Sea; the Lake Aral; and the Lakrs 
Baikal and Oron, which are fresh waters. 
In these last, ihev are of smaller size than 
those which frequent salt waters ; but thev zic 
so fat, as to seem almost shapeless. In Lake- 
Baikal, some are covered with silvery hairs ; 
while others are yellowish, and have a large 
dark-coloured mark on tho hind part of the 
back, covering almost a third part of the bod'^. 
'I'hose of the Caspian Sea, where they ahso- 
U?toiy swarm, vary prodigiously in tlieir co- 
lours: some arc wholly white, others entlrelv 
black ; sonie of a yellowish white, some mouse- 
coloured, and sonie s[X)ttcd like a leopard. 
Thoy creep on shore, and are killed by the 
kuufvTi; u> fast, as they land ; ver are followed 
