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brought to Europe and America, but the grand market for 

 them and for all furs is China. The fur seals are also found 

 upon the shores of the southern lands in May, June, July, 

 and part of August ; and they return again in November and 

 December, at which time the females produce their young, 

 which they suckle for about nine months. It is generally 

 said that the seals swallow pebbles as a sort of ballast before 

 they go to sea, and discharge them again by the mouth when 

 they come on land ; but the story is not in very good keeping 

 with what we observe in nature, where our opportunities of 

 observing are more favorable than they are in the case of the 

 seals. 



