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Show MAN THE EEST CWiMfvlER. Far Ahead of 'ho Lower Animals hi t:ie Hsspe-ct of Natatory Na-tatory 2?owex. It is enrions that whereas the rabbit j cannot swim at all. the tiara Is an ex- cellent swin'.nier. Tho com'.jion mouse i and the Haiti mouse can on'y swim a few yards; they drovn in the act of j swimming. Yet rets swim rp",endidly. , Lions ar.d ti;var3 swlru wall, al-1 though only from necessity to crosa a river, for example. The horsa can swim for miles with-cat with-cat beins exhausted, a::d shows a wonderful instinct in choosing tho best available kj.-iing jriace. Bsara and moles swim v.cil, 'hut bats and monkeys ar? heipios? iu the water. All rpptiles swim; so do it? insects Human beings have ii'aler swim-min swim-min powers than mcsi -' tho lower aniciaia. A m.-.a has h?n Known to swim 30 miles wii.hoc.t stop. Tho fiiiy land animal krinwn to have even aprrcacht'S t'u's performance is the Au' l-h;ck bc-';V; hi' the Amerl- c-:'-' i":; -r : s:-:-: is t i 12 or 11 m'.zz at a tu'eich- |