LEONINE SEAL, 
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Leonine seal, or sea lion. 
The leonine seal has the head and eyes large. 
The nose toms up., somewhat like that of a pug 
dog. The ears are conical and erect ; and along 
the neck of the male runs a mane of stiff curled 
hair. The whole neck is covered with long 
waved hair, not unlike that of the lion. The 
hair of the other parts of the body is short and 
red ; that of the female yellowish. At a certain 
age they become grey. The feet resemble those 
of the ursine seal. The weight of a large male 
is about sixteen hundred pounds ; and these are 
frequently from sixteen to eighteen feet long, but 
the females seldom exceed eight. 
Leonine seals are found in great numbers on the 
eastern coasts of Kamtschatka, as well as on the 
distant shores of Patagonia. They do not mi- 
grate, but only change their place of residence, 
having winter and summer stations. They live 
principally among the rocks of the coasts ; and by 
their dreadful roaring, are frequently of use du- 
ring foggy weather, in warning sailors of the dan- 
ger of approaching in their direction. 
If a human being appears among them, they 
immediately run off ; and when disturbed in sleep, 
they seem seized with horror, sigh deeply in their 
attempts to escape, fall into the utmost confusion, 
tumble down, and shake so violently as scarcely 
to be able to use their limbs. When, however, 
they are reduced to an extremity, and find it im- 
possible to effect an escape, they become desperate, 
turn on their assailant with vast noise and fury, 
and will even put the most courageous man to 
flight. When they find there is no intention to 
hurt them, they lose their fear of mankind. S tel- 
ler, when he was on Bering’s island, lived in a 
