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Show Seo Colony as Great Asset, v H Of lute years France lias begun tor H evince nn Interest in tho Kcrguelen" H Islands, discovered by the French navi-' H gator, Kcrguelen Trcmnrec, In 1772.- H According to Henry Uolsslcre, who; H with his brother, hns devoted himself , H to the development of these Islands H they will soon become a prosperous H colony. They contain no trees, but an H Immense quantity of a fodder plant, H a species of cabbage, which Is eagerly H cntcn by horses, sheep, pigs and rah- H bits, llabblts, rats und mice nrc the H only Indigenous animals. There Is al- H so a single bird, the shentliblll, which H lives In company with the sen birds. H Tho sen elephants, which had been H practically exterminated by 1810, aro H now again very numerous. The waters H round the Islands also abound In H whales, and It Is upon tho whale und fe H sea elephant fishery that tho Hopes W H of developing a useful colony rest. H |