KiBBON, AND LEPORINE SEAL, &C. 195 
Ribbon seal of the kurile isles 
Has very short fine bristly hair, of an uniform 
colour, almost black, marked along the sides, and 
towards the head and tail, with a stripe of a pale 
yellow colour, exactly resembling a ribbon, laid 
on it by art. Size unknown. 
Leporine seal 
Is covered with fur, soft as that of a hare, up- 
right and interwoven, of a dirty white colour. 
Its whiskers are long and thick, so that the ani- 
mal appears bearded ; its head is long ; its upper 
lip is thick ; it has four cutting teeth both above 
and below ; and nails on both the fore and hind 
feet. Its usual length is six feet and a half ; its 
greatest circumference five feet two. It inhabits 
the White } sea during the summer; and is found 
also off Iceland, and on the coast of Spitzbergeru 
Great seal 
Resembles the common, but grows to the 
length of twelve feet. It inhabits the north of 
Scotland, and the south of Greenland, 
Rough seal 
Is covered w ith bristly hair of a pale brown, 
intermixed like that of a hog. It inhabits Green- 
land. The natives make garments of its skin, 
turning the hairy side inmost. This is perhaps 
what our Newfoundland seal-hunters call square 
phipper, whose coat, they say, is like that of a 
water dog, and weighs sometimes five hundred 
pounds. 
