heart seal
heart The Kinds of Seals Taken I can give a Very Imperfect account of having it only from the Fishermen as the most of them are only seen in winter they divide them into five sorts[S]141[S] which they Call Square Phipper Hooded Seal Heart or houke Bedlamer & harbour seal which Last stays in the...
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| Summary: | heart The Kinds of Seals Taken I can give a Very Imperfect account of having it only from the Fishermen as the most of them are only seen in winter they divide them into five sorts[S]141[S] which they Call Square Phipper Hooded Seal Heart or houke Bedlamer & harbour seal which Last stays in the Countrey all the year & is the Common in Europe the Phoca Vitulina of Linnaeus their Descriptions of the others are as follows square Phipper they say is the Largest sometimes weighing 500 weight as they tell you rough like an English Water Dog the hooded Seal differs from the rest by a white hood or peice of Moveable Skin upon his head which he can at Pleasure throw over his nose & with it defend himself from the Blows of the Fishermen who cannot Kill him till they remove it--the Heart or Possibly Harp Seal is markd over the Shoulders with a brown figure rudely resembling a harp which they Call the Saddle the Bedlamer Quite dusky without any mark they themselves tell you that the Bedlamer is the young harp they have also another sort which they say [verso of p. 104] never Exceeds two feet or two & a half in Lengh PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN FEB 1974 JH FEB 1974 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Not used [see 'honk'] an arrow appears located to the left of the quotation |
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