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Title: All about animals. Facts, stories and anecdotes
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Animals
Publisher: New York, McLoughlin bros
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Francisco you will be sure to see the seal-rocks where the sea-lion lives. As a matter of fact, the sea-lion is common in many parts of theworld, and especially so on the coast of Southern and Lower California. Asits skin is not used for fur, nor its flesh good to eat, it has never been per-secuted by the seal-hunter. Anyone who has visited a great rookery of sea-lions can never forget it. Off the coast of California, about one hundred and fifty miles out to sea,there is a mysterious island called St. Nicholas. It is low, sandy, and almostbare of vegetation and water. There, among vast numbers of pelicans, loons,and gulls, lives the sea-lion in its undisturbed glory. Throughout the nightits loud roars are heard above the boom of the mighty ocean breakers orthe whistle of the wind. The confusion of animal and bird noise gives one abewildering impression of the island when reached by night. Once an explor-ing party went ashore and walked toward the rocks on which the large THE SEA-LION.
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SEA-LION (/so Natural Size). rookery stands. Immediately all was confusion. The old bulls stood theirground while they hurried the youngsters and females into the water. Find-ing that no harm was intended, they quieted down and did not seem to mindpeople walking among them. However, one bull charged without the slight-est warning, and received four bullets before he was checked. This specimenmeasured over nine feet from nose to tail, while its teeth, including the partburied in the jaw, were about four and one-half inches long. A little whilelater one of the party found a baby sea-lion not much bigger than a good-sized kitten. It was carried down to the boat, when the mother was seenfollowing close astern. The poor creature kept right alongside, and afterthe boat had reached the ship she kept swimming around and around, withher eyes always turned toward the deck, where her baby was being admired.The mother sea-lion continued watching and crying until the little young-ster was put back

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