# The seals and whales of the British seas

Author: Southwell, Thomas, 1831-1901

Genre: Seals (Animals)

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77840

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+seals+and+whales+of+the+British+seas+Southwell&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Although at no period entirely neglected, as is apparent from the frequent reference to the subject by old authors, and from the known richness in species of the British Fauna, compared with that of the Continent of Europe, the study of the Marine Mammalia of the British Seas has, of late years, received more than usual attention, and the advance made in the knowledge of these creatures, has been rapid in proportion. Nor is it surprising that, to the inhabitants of a densely-peopled country like the British Isles, the terrestrial fauna of which must, of necessity, be very restricted and familiar, the study of the mammals frequenting its seas and shores should be possessed of a peculiar ch...

## Chapters

- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seals-and-whales-of-the-british-seas-77840/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seals-and-whales-of-the-british-seas-77840/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seals-and-whales-of-the-british-seas-77840/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seals-and-whales-of-the-british-seas-77840/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seals-and-whales-of-the-british-seas-77840/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seals-and-whales-of-the-british-seas-77840/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seals-and-whales-of-the-british-seas-77840/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seals-and-whales-of-the-british-seas-77840/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seals-and-whales-of-the-british-seas-77840/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seals-and-whales-of-the-british-seas-77840/chapters/10/index.md)