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Show Seals Can Drown. It Is a curious fact that the fur seal was once n laud animal. The baby seats nre actually afraid of water; they would drown It thrown Into It, and have to learn to swim by repented efforts. When once they have been taught to swim, however, they Boon forget to walk. Thero arc In existence only two lm-poptanl lm-poptanl herds of fur seals, one of which has Its breeding ground In the Commander Islands, belonging to Russia, Rus-sia, the other In the Pribliof Islands, belonging to tho United States. Of these tho latter Is much the larger. The Pribliof Islands aro government property, nnd thus It hnppens that the United States government finds Itself the owner of by fnr the most valuable herd of fur seals In the world. |