Excerpt from Pelage and Surface Topography of the Northern Fur Seal The midsummer population of northern fur seals, Callorhinus ursinus, is estimated at Of this number, or 91 percent, origi nate on the Pribilof Islands. The Pribilof herd is capable of yielding to sealskins a year. The pelage of the adult seal is composed of clearly defined bundles, each with a coarse guard hair and 35 to 40 fine underfur hairs; there are more than fibers to the square inch. Each guard hair is accompanied by a sweat gland and two large sebaceous glands. Area of the haired surface of the body of the adult male is about times that of the female. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.