ABSTRACT
AS the seal contains meat and fat resembling those of domestic pigs, some people torment themselves with close questioning as to whether they can eat the internal flesh during Lent with the same easy conscience as they do the fat or blubber which lies on the outside and which, when torn away, still keeps the meat sticking to it. For this reason the matter has frequently been referred to the consideration of the Church’s leaders, yet while many scientific reasons are constantly brought forward and approved on one side and the other, they cannot reach proper agreement on a definition. However, men of a more straightforward turn of mind, disregarding the many points that have been produced for and against, declare it satisfactory to follow an indication given by the seal itself. If the female, after giving birth on the shore, flees to the woods when the hunter attacks her, then one should refrain from eating the meat during the forbidden period; but if it has been driven into the water, one may eat the meat without any concern. 1
