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breeding grounds. I pointed out that nowhere had separate hauling grounds of bachelor seals been found [[underlined]] very [[/underlined]] far from the breeding grounds. It is not by any means necessary to suppose that this habit [[image: arrow indicating insertion]] [[circled]] if such it be; [[/circled]] [[/insertion]] has been acquired of late years,  it is [[strikethrough]] much [[/strikethrough]] more likely that it has always been so in view of the fact that there is no absolute necessity - or immediate benefit to the species - derived from the presence of [[underlined]] all [[/underlined]] the immature individuals at or near the breeding grounds. On the other hand
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