SEA-LIONS. 
There have been kept in the Gardens for many years 
several kinds of the so-called sea-lions. 
Their principal food is mostly whiting, but I have 
never observed any of them masticate their food, they 
swallow it at a gulp. 
I was rather curious to know, in the event of one of 
the sea-lions capturing a large fish, what the creature 
would do. In order to satisfy myself upon this point, I 
procured a large codfish weighing about 16 lbs. ; this I 
gave to the male sea-lion. The beast seized it near the 
head, and, by a most violent jerky movement from side 
to side, tore a large mouthful out from the fish ; this 
process he again and again repeated, and, by so knocking 
about and crushing the fish, it was in less than half-an- 
hour entirely consumed. 
He never attempted to use the front limbs to hold or 
assist in tearing it to pieces, but simply, by the bite and 
sharp jerk, disengaged the various portions. 
SEA-LION AT CREMORNE. 
In 1865 I gave the following interesting particulars 
respecting the seal living in Cremorne Gardens. In size 
it is larger than a full-grown mastiff dog, the neck very 
long and thick, the head rather narrow, but otherwise 
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