. The wonders of the great deep, or, The physical, animal, geological, and vegetable curiosities of the ocean . Ocean; Marine animals; Marine plants. 230 THE OCEAN. Among themselves, however, the males are accus- tomed to fight at certain periods with great fero- city. "Their mode of battle is very singular. The two rival giant knights waddle heavily along; they meet and join snout to snout; they then raise the. Elephant Seals, Fighting. fore part of the body as far as the fore paws, and open their immense mouths; their eyes are inflamed with rage, and they dash against each other with th
. The wonders of the great deep, or, The physical, animal, geological, and vegetable curiosities of the ocean . Ocean; Marine animals; Marine plants. 230 THE OCEAN. Among themselves, however, the males are accus- tomed to fight at certain periods with great fero- city. "Their mode of battle is very singular. The two rival giant knights waddle heavily along; they meet and join snout to snout; they then raise the. Elephant Seals, Fighting. fore part of the body as far as the fore paws, and open their immense mouths; their eyes are inflamed with rage, and they dash against each other with the greatest violence in their power: now they tumble one over the other; teeth crash with teeth, and jaws with jaws; they wound each other deeply, some- times knocking out each other's eyes, and more fre- quently their tusks; the blood flows abundantly; but these raging foes, without ever seeming to ob- serve it, prosecute the combat till their strength is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. New York : J. W. Lovell
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