Show BEASTS ARE GOOD SWIMMERS rhinoceros elephant elk reindeer and most other animals better than man in water j nearly all animals are better swimmers thin than man and take to the water naturally while he has to learn to propel himself the rhinoceros and hippopotamus are wonderful swimmers and divers while the indian dlan elephant crosses great rivers with heavy loads the elk and reindeer are first class swimmers the elk keeps his bead above water and crosses directly from bank to bank torvold to avoid avold turning the reindeer on the other hand band turns as often a as he likes keeping his head only a little the surface but of all swimmers of all bilmes the best though not the swiftest Is the polar bear who passes hat half his time in tho the water swimming and diving his swimming power Is nothing short of miraculous ra it it be remembered that thi the water in the regions ho be frequents ls invariably cold and that cold Is normally prohibitive to good swimming there are bears that can swim from 40 to 50 kilometers without great effort one of the swiftest swimming ant mils Is the squirrel A sportsman on ode one occasion having at hand a squirrel rel born bom in captivity which had never seen been water wanted to soe see it if it could effle and toon took it with in i n in arow a rowboat to the colter center ot of a lake lace the squirrel turned toward the bank head aad paws above the water back and tl I 1 underneath it and began to swim so EO rapidly that it was with the greatest difficulty that the man recovered it neared the challow water near the land it is said that even many non aquatic birds will swim like ducks it if an attempt be made to drown the them harpers weekly x k |