BIRDS AS TRAVELERS 



quent danger of being crushed by the grinding 

 ice-fields, and while they struggle bravely on- 

 ward, Gulls may go calmly floating by overhead 

 without perhaps even making a stroke of their 

 long, powerful wings. 



Or in the Antarctic, Penguins slip through 

 the leads, or openings in the ice, and, like 

 feathered submarines, dive, when their path on 

 the surface is closed, to travel even more swiftly 

 under the water than on it. 



There are mountaintops so high and so steep 

 that man has never succeeded in climbing them. 

 But the birds may use them as resting-places 

 and soar about in the sky far above them. 



So I think we may safely say that the bird 

 is not only the greatest of aviators, but that he is 

 also the greatest of travelers. Not even man can 

 excel him. 



Now to travel is one of the most interesting 

 things we can do. We may see beautiful scenery, 

 wonderful cities, and strange people. There is 

 no end to the experiences which may befall the 

 traveler or to the opportunities he may have to 

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