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SWIMMERS. 
swim rapidly and dive with great expertness, as I have learned 
by experience. I paddled after a brood one hot summer’s day, 
and though several times they were almost within reach of my 
landing-net, they eluded every effort to capture them. Throughout 
the chase the mother kept close to the young birds, and several 
times swam across the bow of the canoe in her efforts to draw my 
attention from the brood and to offer herself as a sacrifice for 
their escape. 
