Plate, placenta of the seal by Linley Rose Plate VIII shows the placenta of the seal. Subject: Zoology Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Some curious facts respecting the walrus and seal, discovered by the examination of specimens brought to England by the different ships lately returned from the Polar Circle. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. In a Letter addressed to Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. Pres. R. S'. Written by Home in Sackville Street [London]. Read 4 March 1824. [1824]