The seals migrate from the open sea to their breeding-grounds in August, and the watcher on the islands sees a larger number each day lying out on the rocks. At first they lie together in clos& masses, but as each female calves she lies farther lup on the rocky s are never more than a few apart, but they ave unable to endure the close proximity which mon before calving. They are ordinately jealous mothers; slightest movement on the part their neighbours is interpreted a attempt to touch their calve threats of the direst nature ensue. fight between the great bull seals, fellows weighing six or seven hundredweight each, is a terrific affair, but such battles are not common. It is amongst the cows that there is the incessant bickering, arising from this extravagant maternal jealous We could not help asking ourselves what value for the species could rest in all this petty quarrelling. One answer has occurred to our minds where there are sev cow seal:
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