Children's own library . COMMON OPOSSUM The Seals and Whales, although they are not fish,are inhabitants of the water. The fore-feet of theSeal are used as fins, and the two hinder feet almostas the tail of a fish, to direct its course. On land themovements of this animal are very clumsy; it shufflesalong by means of its fore-feet, and drags its hind-feetafter it. Seals live during warm weather mostly in the WOOD S NATURAL HISTORY 55 cold regions of the north and south poles, and go intomilder waters in the winter. They like to bask in thesun upon rocks, sand-banks, or ice-floes. They can seef
Children's own library . COMMON OPOSSUM The Seals and Whales, although they are not fish,are inhabitants of the water. The fore-feet of theSeal are used as fins, and the two hinder feet almostas the tail of a fish, to direct its course. On land themovements of this animal are very clumsy; it shufflesalong by means of its fore-feet, and drags its hind-feetafter it. Seals live during warm weather mostly in the WOOD S NATURAL HISTORY 55 cold regions of the north and south poles, and go intomilder waters in the winter. They like to bask in thesun upon rocks, sand-banks, or ice-floes. They can seefar, and their sense of smell is very sharp. They livemostly on mollusks, crabs, and fish. In the winter theymake holes in the ice where they can come up to THE GREENLAND SEAL Seals are among the most useful of animals to Greenlanders use their flesh for food; their oilfor light, warmth, and cooking ; their skins for clothes,boots, and coverings of boats and tents; their sinewsfor thread and fishing-lines; the skins of the entrailsfor window-curtains and shirts; and their blood formaking soup. Seal-skins are an important article of 56 WOOD S NATURAL HISTORY commerce and the seal-fishery is largely carried onalong the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador andalso on the islands off the coast of Alaska. Thefur in its natural state is yellowish, spotted, andmarked with brown, and is unfit for use until it isdyed.
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