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Show o Helpless Ducks In Borax Lakes, j .jIn(e:ath'ivalleyvwheoah,oPa9iaiO: ,Cpi't;ti6rB.x qg'nipdnyjhksi'inada buge-lakps-Xor;thp cfystlllitaUonitif borates' i'opi cth'e waters i of jthei surrounding marihV the-'Piutea 'catch jnumJW.. it ducks in a peculiar and highly interesting inter-esting manner. On cold nights tho ducks flying over alight; In these vats, which look like, any .ottie'i; ponds. The. borax in' the water crynallizos qulck-j ly, andjf any Of the jdiickaro at all: quiet '.,they flri.4 , thomselvfes quite weighted;. dqwnVTritW crystals In tlw morning. Thoy can then neither dive nor swim, and fall an easy prey to the ever hungry; Plutp, the demands, .at ;wUobo istoma'chovercomo- his; natural !lia'tred;of water, ii haVeknownof one a'c'chi night netting Blitteen ducks,md't !oi!.wh'lJh ,ijere.i)B,:( mallards, whose violght added to tho binding' crystals, tfold thorn down, whore tho lightoi teal escaped. Los Angeles Times. . . -71 t'ff-- |