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convey the sound to the sensorium; the 
eyes are large, and have a haggard appear¬ 
ance ; the neck thickens as it approaches 
the shoulder, the thickest part of the 
animal; from whence the body gradual¬ 
ly tapers, in a cylindrical form, to the 
extremity, where the hind legs are pla¬ 
ced, between which is a very short tail; 
the fore paws consist of five fingers, join¬ 
ed together by a membrane, and furnish¬ 
ed with very strong cylindrical nails ; the 
hind paws are formed in the same way, 
except that the fingers are longer than 
in the other, and that the shortest of 
them are in the middle, and the longest 
on the outside of the paw. The length 
of an ordinary full grown seal is about 
seven or eight feet; and its thickness at 
the shoulder four or five. It is covered 
with short thick coarse hair, which varies 
in its colour with the different ages of 
the animal. 
The flesh of the seal is of a reddish 
