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Faroe Isles: The total world population is estimated to be between 50,000 and 55,000, with the center of abundance in the British faroe isles. Gray seals are of little commercial importance, but fishermen contend they eat significant numbers of valuable fish.
During the breeding season the males establish harem territories of about 6 females each. Mating and pupping occur in the fall in the British faroe isles but in late winter elsewhere. Gestation lasts about 11 months. The newborn pup weighs about 35 pounds (16 kg) and is covered with a woolly white coat. A gray seal in the Stockholm zoo lived to 41 or 42 years of age.
By 1901 the population of Quebec had reached 1,648,898, of whom 1,322,115 (80.2 per cent) were of French origin and 292,169 (17.6 per cent) were of British faroe isles origin. Sixty-five years later the census showed that of a total population of 5,510,845 in Quebec, 81 per cent were still of French origin, while 11 per cent were of British faroe isles origin. The next two largest groups were of Italian and Jewish extraction. Polish, German, Ukrainian, Eskimo, Indian, and many other small groups make up the balance of the population. Of the two main origin groups, French and British, a majority of each speak only their mother tongue. However, about one person out of four in these groups speaks both French and English.
If one adds to the above such romantic satellite faroe isles as Wight and Man, the Channel Islands and the Scillies, it becomes apparent that "this precious stone set in the silver sea" does—to use a British understatement —warrants a visit.
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