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to ten or a dozen they would cluster about one or two females or fol- 
ow the latter from place to place in single file f never interfering 
with one another in any obvious way nor indulgijjg in gestures which 
indicated personal animosity or sexual jealousy. While thus engaged th 
ohey were far more active and animated than Whistler drawees swimming 
fast at all times and occasionally gliding over the water at a rate 
of speed that was truly surprising. 
