seal: 
34? 
268. Hooded, 
269. Harp. 
Clap-myfs. Egede Greenl. 84. 
Neitferioak, Craniz Greenl. I. 124. 
S. with a ftrong folded fkin on the forehead, which 
it can fling over its eyes and nofe, to defend them 
againfl: ftones and fand in Horary weather • its hair 
white, with a thick coat of thick black wool under, 
which makes it appear of a fine grey. 
Inhabits only the South of Greenland , and New¬ 
foundland : in the laft is called the Hooded Seal : the 
hunters fay they cannot kill it till they remove the 
integument on the head. 
Blackfided Seal, Egede Greenl. plate iii, 
Attarfoak, Crantz Greenl. 1 . 124. 
S. with a pointed head and thick body, of a whitifh 
grey color, marked on the fides with two black crefi* 
cents, the horns pointing upwards towards each 
other • does not attain this mark till the fifth year *, 
till that period, changes its color annually, and is 
clifcinguiihed by the Greenlanders by different names 
each year. 
Inhabits Greenland and Newfoundland: is the moft 
valuable kind - 5 the fkin the thickeft and befr, and its 
produce of oil the greateil: grows to the length of 
nine feet. Our Fifhers call this the Harp , or Heart 
Seal* and ftyle the marks on the fides the facidle. 
There 
