THE NAPIER SEAL
RECOVERY FROM INJURY : RETURNED TO THE SEA [by TELEGRAPH —OWN correspondent] NAPIER. Friday Its wounds healed, the injured seal which took up its quarters at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Carter, on the Napier Marine Parade, was returned to the sea to-day, and was last seen swimming in the direction of Mahia Peninsula. The visitor's departure this morning was witnessed by many people. "Flippy" refused to be hurried, and actually held up traffic for a while as it crossed the road. It rested at intervals on the way across the beach, standing upright, or nearly so, and gazing intently around. At the edge of the breakors it turned and bellowed a farewell at Mr. and Mrs. Carter, and then shot under an advancing wave and set off across the bay.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23417, 5 August 1939, Page 14
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136THE NAPIER SEAL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23417, 5 August 1939, Page 14
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