. Die jungen Nimrods in Nordamerika : ein Buch für Jungen . em, um ihre Verirrung zu verhindern, und sie erinnern Sie an Hirten Wachen ihre Schafe. Wir gingen ein wenig mit der Fahrt, um zu sehen, wie es gehandhabt wurde, und setzten dann unsere Inspektion der Rookeries fort. Einige von ihnen sind quitenear das Dorf; und wenn Sie aus den Fenstern des Prinzipal1 Laus der Firma schauen, können Sie Tausende von den Siegeln verschiedener Altersgruppen sehen, und wenn Sie nicht sehen konnten, wegen des Nebels, würden Sie sicher sein, sie zu hören. Das Brüllen ist kontinuierlich, wegen der (Parrels der alten. Es ist schade, dass sie so mu kämpfen
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. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . em to prevent their straying, and they remind you of herders watchingtheir sheep. We went a little way with the drive to see how it was managed, andthen continued our inspection of the rookeries. Some of these are quitenear the village; and as you look out from the windows of the principal1 louse of the Company you can see thousands of the seals of various ages, and if you could not see, on account of the fog, you would be sure to hearthem. The roaring is continuous, on account of the (parrels of the oldones. It is a pity they fight so much, as they not only tear and kill eachother, but they trample a good many of the young pups, and roll overthem in their struggles. A pup seal is of no consequence when a greatfellow weighing three or four hundred pounds has rolled over him twoor three times, and crushed him as flat as a very thin pancake. It is es-timated that at least two per cent, of the young seals are killed in thisway. It may not seem a very large percentage, but when we remember. BULLS (JUAKRELLIXG. that about four hundred thousand seals are born here every year the fig-ures mount up to a respectable size. Two old bulls were perched on some rocks, and stood there snarling, and evidently proposing a light. Each was daring the other to hit the THE YOUNG NIMRODS. lirst blow, and they were so long about it that they gave us a chance tomake a sketch of them. It is a curious fact that they can handle them-selves much better on the rocks than on level ground; on the rocks theycan run as fast as a man, but when the ground is smooth he can easilvget away from them. They are fond of getting on the highest rocks, andthe most of their fights grow out of the selection of places, and the realor fancied intrusions they make on each others premises. The agent here says that the male seals are much more attentive tothe young than the females are. The latter will run away to the seawhen alarmed, and leave the pnps to thems
