PIED SEAL. 
to it's young; as well as by it's voice, which 
, is more expressive and more modulated, than 
in other animals. 
The Seal feeds on all sorts of fish, but never 
goes to any great distance from land : it is 
frequently eaten by voyagers ; but is chiefly 
hunted for the sake of the oil and skin. A 
young Seal often yields eight gallons of oil j 
and the skin is useful for covering trunks, &c.; 
as well as making leather of peculiar excel- 
lence. 
The Pied Seal, represented in the annexed 
print, and which differs little else than in co- 
lour from the common species, was first fi- 
gured and described by Pennant. It's nose is 
taper and elongated ; it*s fore feet are furnished 
\vith five toes, very distin(9:, though inclosed in 
a membrane, the claws being long and straight ; 
and the hind feet, which are very broad, have 
also five distin6t toes in a similar membrane, 
that expands to the form of a crescent, the 
claws just reaching the margin. 
On the first capture of this Pied Seal, which 
was- 
