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Show Truth About the Petrel For centuries mariners believed Hint tlie pt-trel never approaeheil lund. and that It laid Its egg at sea and carried car-ried It about under one wing until It hatched. Not long ago, however, a party of exiorera found a small petrel pet-rel laying Its egg under the soft' soil of un Isle of the Cnpe Verde archipelago, archipel-ago, Instead of currying It around under un-der Its wing. The Cape Verde Isle of Clnin, which Is uninhabited. Is covered cov-ered with the tiny bones of millions of petrels, which In ages past have come there to die. |