Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 483
wholesale destructionof valuable food fishes is bitterly complained ofby the fishermen of San Francisco. Of all pinnipeds, this species is the mostnoisy. On approaching an island or pointoccupied by a numerous herd, says CaptainScammon, one first hears their long, plaintivehowlings, as if in… … hoarsely, or send forth sounds like the bleatingof sheep, or the barking of dogs. In fact, theirtumultuous utterances are beyond description. In the water, the body of this creature ap-pears to be a shiny dark brown, but when theskin is mounted and dried in a museum collec-tion, the hair is found…
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