Animal products; . chief home of these seals is the ocean and shoresbetween Russian North America and the opposite shores of Russiaitself—that is to say, about Behrings Straits and Behrings are found also in the Kurile Islands and east coast 01Kamschatka. The sea lions of the Southern Ocean are the Otaria jubata andO. Falklandica. These have been pursued with an indiscriminateslaughter in the high Antarctic latitudes by the seal hunters whoannually go south to the Crosets, Kerguelen Island, and otherdesolate places for skins and oil; instead of only destroying a pro-portion of the adu
Animal products; . chief home of these seals is the ocean and shoresbetween Russian North America and the opposite shores of Russiaitself—that is to say, about Behrings Straits and Behrings are found also in the Kurile Islands and east coast 01Kamschatka. The sea lions of the Southern Ocean are the Otaria jubata andO. Falklandica. These have been pursued with an indiscriminateslaughter in the high Antarctic latitudes by the seal hunters whoannually go south to the Crosets, Kerguelen Island, and otherdesolate places for skins and oil; instead of only destroying a pro-portion of the adult males, they put to death the females also, andthe helpless cubs perish from cold and hunger alongside the deadbodies of their mothers. The Antarctic fur seal (Ardophoca Falklandica, Peters, OlariaFalklandica) was at one time common in the Falkland group andthe adjacent seas. The skins (which were worth fifteen Spanishdollars, according to Sir John Richardson) are from four to five III III v\\ \\ - ,. ,.,ISl. i. 284 THE SEA ELEPHANT. feet long, covered with reddish down, over which stiff grey hairprojected. They were especially hunted on the Falkland Islands,Terra del Fuego, New Georgia, South Shetland, and the coast ofChili. Three-and-a-half million of skins were taken from Masa-fuera to Canton between 1793 and 1807 (Dallas). The Sea Elephant (Macrorrhinus angustirostris, Phoca pro-boscidea, Peron) of California has only been well described since1866. The males have a sort of small trunk, but no tusks. Itsflesh is not only black, oily, and indigestible, but it is also almostimpossible to separate it from the lard. The tongues alonesupply really good aliment, and they are salted with care andesteemed in the market. The heart is sometimes eaten, but it ishard and indigestible; and with regard to the liver, which isesteemed in some seals, according Dr. Hamilton, it would appear,after repeated trials, to be hurtful.
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