URSINE SEAL. 
grows to the length of eight feet, and the 
weight of eight hundred pounds. The body is 
of a somewhat conical form ; the greatest cir- 
cumference being about five feet, and near the 
tail only twenty inches. The Male is vastly 
superior in size to the Female. These animals 
haveaproje6ting nose, like that of thePug-Dog; 
but the head has a sudden rise. The nostrils 
are oval, and divided by a septum. The lips 
are thick, serrated, and internally red. The 
whiskers are long, and white. The tongue is 
bifid; and the teetli, "when the mouth is closed, 
lock into each other. There are, in the upper 
jaw, four bifurcated cutting-teeth ; on each 
side, there is a sharp canine tooth, bending in- 
wards ; and, near that, another of a larger size : 
the grinders resemble canine teeth, and are six 
on each side. The lower jaw has, also, four 
cutting-teeth ; with two canine teeth ; but only 
four grinders on each side. In all, thirty-six 
teeth. The eyes, which are large and promi- 
nent, are furnished with a fleshy membrane, 
by which they are occasionally covered : the 
iris is black ; the pupil, smaragdine, or emerald- 
green. The ears, which are small, and sharp-' 
pointed, are hairy without, but smooth and 
polished 
