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1778. of one. Why they fhould be called fea-horfes, is hard to 
— f— fay; unlefs the word be a corruption of the Ruffian name 
Morfe ; for they have not the leaft refemblance of a horfe. 
This is, without doubt, the fame animal that is found in 
the Gulph of St. Laurence, and there called Sea-cow. It 
is certainly more like a cow than a horfe; but this likenefs 
conffits in nothing hut the fnout. In ffiort, it is an ani¬ 
mal like a feal; but incomparably larger. The dimen- 
hons and weight of one, which was none of the largeft, 
were as follows: 
Length from the fnout to the tail 
Length of the neck, from the fnout to the) 
fhoulder-bone - - ij 
Height of the ffioulder - ~ 
Length of the fins S Fore 
6 l Hind - 
Breadth of the fins ^ ^ oie 
„ C Breadth 
Snout Lepth 
Circumference of the neck clofe to the ears 
Circumference of the body at the fhoulder 
Circumference near the hind fins 
From the fnout to the eyes 
lb. 
r Fc 
(Hi 
Hind 
? 
854 
Feet. Inches, 
9 4 
2 6 
5 
2 
2 
1 
2 
o 
1 
2 
7 
5 
o 
Weight of the carcafe, without the 
head, fkin, or entrails 
Head - - - - 411 
Skin - 205 
I could not find out what thefe animals feed upon. 
was nothing in the maws of thofe we killed. 
10 
o 
4 
6 
2 i 
o 
• 5 ? 
3 
7 
10 
6 
7 
There 
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