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tc as have the other kinds.” The head and neck of 
this fpecies are exactly like thofc of an otter. One of 
thofe, which is alfo now in our mukeum, taken 
notice of by the lame author, has an head draped 
like that of a tortoife ; lefs in proportien than that 
of every other fpecies, with a narrownefs or dxidture 
round the neck : the fore-feet of thefe are five-finger d, 
with nails, like the common feal. 
Their fize, as to the utmoft growth of an adult, 
is alfo very different. That before defcribed, was 7 
feet and an half in length; and, being very young, 
had ficarce any teeth at all. This in town is but 
about 3 feet long, is very thick in proportion, and 
has a well- grown fet of teeth; which, in a great 
meafure, fihews this to be about its full growth. The 
rnanati is alfo a phoca , and is one of thofe fpecies, 
which grows to a prodigious fize. The great Ikin, in 
the mufieum, is that of a manat)-, which fee ms to 
me to agree with the other fpecies of this family, in 
every elfential part, except broad bifid webs, indead 
of webbed feet : and Peter Martyr gives an account 
of one of thefe, which was thirty- five feet long, and 
twelve thick. 
The docility of this feal in town is, with reafon, 
much admired, as a thing uhufual and drange to us; 
but it appears, from Dr. Charleton, that, in his time, 
it was not uncommon for the feamen and fifhers to 
catch fome of thefe creatures lleeping, on the coads 
of Cornwall and the Ide of Wight, and bring 
them to be fo tame, as to get money by fhewing 
them, and their performances : and he adds, that 
the people of the former place call the larger 
kinds about that coad foils > and the linaller J'eals. 
