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