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Appendix C: rage. 

 Young seals are lorn on land or ice; do not swim at first, and can not nurse i7i 



the water 387 



All seals born on laud or ice 387 



Nursing impossible in water 387 



Young seals dread the water 387-389 



Appendix D: 



Natural enemies 391 



The killer-whale 391 



Appendix E : 



Food of the fur-seal 391 



Contents of stomachs of fur-seal killed at the Pribilof Islands 391 



Examination made on Pribilof Islands 393 



Contents of stomachs 393-394 



Contents of stomachs of fur-seals Icillcd in the North Pacific Ocean 394 



Examination made at Washington, D. C 394 



Contents of stomachs 395 



Conclusion as to food and feeding 396 



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