. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. THE CRESTED SEAL. 507 equally need its )t' great service to lis are peculiarly ilit l)low upon tliV he heaviest blows is air-tilled helmet ;liat may he aimed d at the extremity cted by the over- tl in the pursuit of i senseless on the ry. The animals, y swoon, return tu d to have recoiu'se r the creature is onsideruble. The ids. Tu fi;;htiiig, gnacioiis animals, t of tiirhting des- ale, and in these nd)atants exjiross [â cams, which are 'S. skins iinMUiiuially the (Jreenhuider ion of its
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. THE CRESTED SEAL. 507 equally need its )t' great service to lis are peculiarly ilit l)low upon tliV he heaviest blows is air-tilled helmet ;liat may he aimed d at the extremity cted by the over- tl in the pursuit of i senseless on the ry. The animals, y swoon, return tu d to have recoiu'se r the creature is onsideruble. The ids. Tu fi;;htiiig, gnacioiis animals, t of tiirhting des- ale, and in these nd)atants exjiross [â cams, which are 'S. skins iinMUiiuially the (Jreenhuider ion of its body as 11UI-, and with the â y of the ocean in ch he fastens to his lances, and which indicate the position of any Seal or other animal that he may strike, and also serve to tire the wounded prey, and enable the hunter to repeat his lilow. Even the teeth are pressed into liis service, and are used as convenient heads tor his spears. In the pri'])aration of the Seal skin for civilized nations it is needful to remove the lung coarse hairs, and to leave only the soft woolly fur adherent to the skin. The process is very simple, consisting in heating the skin, and then scraping it while hot with a wooden knife. The colour of this creature's fur is, when adult, a dark blue-black upon the back, fading to a yellowish-white on the under portions of the b(jdy. A munber of large grey patches are irregularly scattered over the body, and in the centre of each patch there is a dark s])ot. The head, the tail, and the feet, are black. In the young aninud the colours are not of the same cast, being duriiig the first yimr of a slate-grey \i])on the back and silvery-white below, darkening in the second year to a brownish-grey along the spi â , It is a modeiately large aninud, being from ten to twelve feet in length when adult, and stout in ])ro])ortion. The Crested Seal is found spread over the coasts of Southern Greenland, and is in the habit of reposing much upon ice , caring comp
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