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SEAL. 
271. Ursine, Urfusmarinus Steller. Nov. Com. Ph'ocaUrfina. Ph.caplte auricii- 
PetrojK II. 331. tab. xv. lato. Lm.jjfi. 35. 
Sea Cat, Hijl. Kamtfchatka , 123. L’Ours marin brijjon quad. 166. 
Muller s Exped. 39. 
There are three marine animals 5 which keep a parti¬ 
cular fituation, and feem divided between the N. E. 
of Afia , and N. W. of America , in the narrow feas 
between thofe vaft continents. Thefe are what are 
called the Sea Lion and Sea Bear , and the Manati 
They inhabit, from June to September , the ifles that 
are fcattered in the Teas between Kamtfchatka and 
America , in order to copulate, and bring forth their 
young in full fecurity. The accurate and indefa¬ 
tigable naturalift Steller was the firft who gave an 
exact defcription of them ; he and his companions, 
in the Ruffian expedition of 1742, were in all proba¬ 
bility the firft Europeans w ho gave them any diftur- 
bance in thofe their retreats. In September , thefe 
animals quit their ftations, vaftiy emaciated; fome 
return to the Afiatic , others to the American fhores; 
but like the Sea Otters, are confined in thofe feas 
between lat. 50 and 56. 
The Ur fine Seal, a name we fubftitute for the Sea 
Bear, leads, during the three months in fummer, a 
rooft indolent life : it arrives at the iflands vaftiy 
fat; but during that time they are fcarce ever in 
motion, confine themfelves for whole weeks to one 
» The Sea Sear feems a local animal: the Sea Lion is not feen 
again nearer than the ifle of Juan Fernandez, 233 deg. 40 min. fouth 
of the equator , and the Manati is quite unknown in every other part 
of the Pacific Ocean. 
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