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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. 
[chap. 
Histriophoca fasdata, Zimm., and I even succeeded, though with 
great difficulty, in inducing the Chukches to part with the 
skin and skull of this uncommon species, distinguished hy 
its peculiar marking. The natives appeared to set a special 
value on its skin, and parted with it unwillingly. We had 
DR ABA ALPINA L., FROM ST. LAWRENCE BAY. 
Natural size. 
ourselves, as I have already stated, seen during our passage 
from Behring’s Straits a number of these seals on the ice¬ 
floes drifting south, but the limited time at our disposal did 
not permit us to hunt them. 
