196 &OODE®, AND HARP SEAL,, &C; 
Hooded seal 
Has a strong folded skin on its fore-bead, which 
it can fling over its^ eyes and nose,, to defend them 
against stones and sand in stormy weather. Its 
hair is white, with a thick coat of black wool 
under it, which makes it appear of a fine grey 0 
It inhabits only the south of Greenland and 
Newfoundland. The hunters affirm,*, they' cannot 
kill it till they remove the integument on the 
head. 
Harp seal' 
Has a pointed head, and a thick body of a 
whitish grey colour, marked on the sides with 
two black crescents, the horns pointing upwards 
towards each other. It attains this mark only 
in its fifth year ; till this period it changes its 
colour annually, and is called by different names 
each year. Its head joins the body without any 
visible neck, which gives the animal a clumsy 
appearance. 
It inhabits Greenland, Newfoundland, Iceland, 
the White Sea, the Frozen Ocean, and passes 
through the Asiatic Strait as far as Kamtschat- 
ka. It is the most valuable kind of any, both for 
its skin and oil. It grows to the length of nine 
feet 
Little seal. 
About two feet four inches long, has soft 
smooth hair, longer than that of the common 
seal, dusky on the head and back, and brownish 
beneath ; its teeth above are bifurcated, and two 
of them below are three pointed. 
