Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 136
t open holes,nor get into the water, the whole army will labori-ously travel by floundering leaps to the edge ofthe field; and they show an astonishing sagacityin discerning the proper direction. It is supposedthat they can smell the water at a long distance. Sometimes great storms come, breaking… … THE HARBOR-SEAL. [SEE PAGE 625.] mense nurseries can be heard for a very long dis-tance. When the babies are very young, themothers leave them on the ice and go off in searchof food, coming back frequently to look after thelittle ones ; and although there are thousands ofthe small, white, squealing…
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