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tftefe extremities is furnifhed with a naif. They have 
a diftant refemblance to an over-grown feal ; but in 
forne particu ars there is a difference; efpeciaily in 
the males, who have a large fncut or trunk, hang- 
ing five or fix inches below the end of the upper 
jaw. The females have not this ; and the males are 
much larger than the females. The larger males en- 
grofs to themfelves a great many females ; intimi- 
dating the fmaller, and driving them away. This 
author fays, they live at fea all fummer, and on fhore 
in winter. They may indeed meet more frequently 
in herds at one time of the year than another ; but 
fuch is their nature, that they cannot totally inha- 
bit the waters, having great need of refpiration in 
the open air ; and therefore they mud frequently 
come out of the water to reft, as well as to feed on 
fuch herbage as is proper for them. He adds, that 
they ingender and bring forth their young, generally 
twoatabirh, while they live on fhore ; which, fays 
he, being about the fize of full-grown feals, theyfuckle. 
On fhore they feed on the grafs and verdure on the 
banks of frefh water rivers, and fleep in herds in miry 
places. They are found fleepers j and therefore fome 
of the males place themfelves at certain diftances to 
watch the fleeping herd ; and are capable of alarm- 
ing, by grunting or fnorting like horfes. The males 
fight one another furioudy about their females, 
wounding one another defperately with their teeth. 
They kill’d feveral of thefe for food, efpeciaily for 
the hearts and tongues, and efteemed them preferable 
to thofe of bullocks*. He reprefents them as very 
full 
* That thefe are wholefome food, and have frequently- 
been ufed as fuch in former times, in England, appears 
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