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feal has its name from its coat, which is a fine foft furr, 
and is thinner fkinned than any of the others. They all 
come on fhore in December, to whelp their young; and 
remain moftly on land till they engender again. During 
this feafon it is rather dangerous coming near them, for 
the males are then vicious, and will endeavour to hurt 
any one who approaches their females ; but at all other 
times they endeavour to make to the water, where they 
are fafe. In mild warm days, during the fummer, they 
come on fhore, and lye balking in the Sun. 
I confider the penguins as amphibious animals, par- 
( taking of the nature of birds, beafts, and fillies. There 
are four kinds; the yellow, or king penguin; the red; 
the black or holey, from their burrowing under ground ; 
and the jumping jacks, from their motion. Thefe crea- 
ttures generally live in the fea, have very fliort wings 
'Which ferve for fins, are covered with fliort thick fea- 
Ithers, and fwim at an amazing rate. On fhore they walk 
• quite eredt with a waddling motion, like a rickety child; 
and their breads and bodies before being quite white, at 
a diftance have, at firft fight, the look of a child waddling 
along wdth a bib and apron on. They come 011 fhore to 
lay and hatch their eggs in Odtober : the yolks of the 
yellow, the holey, and jumping penguins, are yellow; 
but of the red penguins, it is red. All their eggs are 
good nourifhing food, and a great refrefliment to the fea- 
men; but the fiefli of thefe animals is coarfe, fifhy, and 
wholly unfit to eat. 
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