Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 237
e water, except about six inches, hadbeen drained off, so that the animals might sleepand rest through the darkness. Such seals areso rare, and are so little known in captivity, thatthese are only the second lot ever seen in thiscountry. They are one year old, and came from Guada-lupe Island, in… … ELEPHANT-SEALS IN THE AQUARIUM TANK. ign.] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS 173 found on Guadalupe Island. He may attain alength of from sixteen to twenty-two feet. Hisproboscis, somewhat like an elephants trunk, istwo feet long. Three of these great seals, eachsixteen feetin length, were brought…
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