denomination of beef, to distinguish it from that of the Seal, which they termed lamb.
LEONINE SEAL.
Phoca Jubata. P. cervice (maris) jubata. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 63.
Reddish-brown Seal, with a large mane round the neck of the male.
Leo marinus. Steller nov. act. Petrop. 2. p. 360.
Sea-Lion. Cook's voy. 2. 203.Forster's voy. 2. 513.
Leonine Seal. Pennant Quadr. 2, p. 288.
THIS is so termed from the large and loose mane or floating hair with which the head and neck of the male is furnished. The nose is short and turns up a little: the eyes are large: the whiskers very large and strong: the hair on the whole body is smooth, short, and glossy : its co- lour is a deep brown ; but those of this species which are found on Kamtschatka are said to be reddish, and the females tawny. The males are far larger than females, and grow from the length of from ten to fourteen feet : the females are from six to eight feet, and of a more slender form than the males. The weight of a full-grown male is from twelve to fifteen hundred pounds. A still greater size has been ascribed to those of Falkland isles, viz. that of twenty-five feet in length, and nineteen or twenty feet round the shoulders. These animals, according to Mr. Pennant, in-habit, in vast numbers, the islands called Penguin
