Show seals can drown it Is a curious fact that the fur seal was once a laud land an animal the baby seas seals fire actu actually ally afraid of water they would drown if thrown into it and have to learn to silim by repented efro efforts arts when once they have been taught to swim saini however they soon forget to w walk there are in existence only two important port arit herds of if fur seals one of which tins lias its breeding ground in the commander islands belonging to russin russia the other in the lie bilof islands belonging to tit the united states of these the latter Is 14 much the larger the bilof islands tire are government property and thus it happens abat the united states government finds it itself elf the owner of by far fai the most valuable herd of fur seals in the world |