ginny

jinny n more like a dog's than the others. Its skin is pret- tily marked by roundish white rings with a dark central spot in the white. It is known to our sealers as the Jar,* presumably from the resemblance it bears in outline to that article. It has a short, stout, al- most round body, taperi...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1979
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37758
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Summary:jinny n more like a dog's than the others. Its skin is pret- tily marked by roundish white rings with a dark central spot in the white. It is known to our sealers as the Jar,* presumably from the resemblance it bears in outline to that article. It has a short, stout, al- most round body, tapering towards the hinder part. Another seal is called the _Ginny_ by our people, but whether it is a variety of the last, or a different species, I do not know. Some say the Ginny is a deformed or hard grown Harp, one that has lost its mother and is not properly nourished, but this appears to be merely conjecture. .* DEC. 13 1979 DNE-cit Used I Used I Used I ginny, jenny Checked by Adrian Young on Mon 15 Jun 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 12 Aug 2015; *This entry includes a copy of a section taken from Howley. I have retyped only the paragraph significant to "ginny"