. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. DOCILITY OF THE SEAL. 407 even contriving to creep through an open window, and to gain access to the warm fireside. The end of this poor creature was a sadly tragic one, and need not be narrated here. In the same work is a very spirited account of another Seal adventure, in which the ludicrous element prevails, although it might have furnished material for tragedy. A number of men had gone in a boat to the Sound of Achil, and having seen a Seal and her young one reposing on the sand, had
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. DOCILITY OF THE SEAL. 407 even contriving to creep through an open window, and to gain access to the warm fireside. The end of this poor creature was a sadly tragic one, and need not be narrated here. In the same work is a very spirited account of another Seal adventure, in which the ludicrous element prevails, although it might have furnished material for tragedy. A number of men had gone in a boat to the Sound of Achil, and having seen a Seal and her young one reposing on the sand, had borrowed an old musket, and set off to attack them. They succeeded in securing the cub before it could reach the sea, and tossed it into their boat. The mother Seal, however, inspired by maternal love, swam after the boat which contained her offspring, and could not be deterred from following the captors in the hope of rescuing her child. The men attempted several times to shoot the poor creature, but their rickety weapon would not explode until it had been several times f utilely snapped. At last, however, it per- formed its duty, and lodged the ball in the Seal's head. The body was immediately lifted into the boat, when, to the horror of the captors, the animal, which was only stunned, recovered its senses, and began a most furious attack upon its enemies, floundering about the boat with such energy that she nearly overset it, and snapping. SKELETON AND TEETH OP COMMON SEAL. fiercely at the legs of her antagonists. The contest soon assumed a serious aspect, for the teeth of the angry animal were urged with such fury that they cut deeply into the oars with which her attacks were warded off, and if assistance had not speedily arrived, the result might have been of a very tragic nature. A gentleman, however, that happened to be sailing near the scene of combat, was attracted by the curious spectacle of a boat's crew engaged in such strange evolutions, and directing his course t
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