| Show U H Newfoundland Seal Fishery Most 4 ost Profitable in n the World IK orld teal seal fishery In I T the tho most mOIl prolific and I In to the Ih world worl l Tho Tha annual yield IK IN I pelts Pella represent representIng n Ing n a value of or nearly clearly The Iha K ml il II fishery Ii Is I prosecuted pru during the thein in ni of 01 March Murch and April and om omit omIl omIt Il u n fleet nel of 01 20 0 car ar rIng nearly men mell and to 10 against l the thu Ice Ico tIli which they Ih huo havo to during their cruise Tho The average render reader of 01 limp Ih worlds nol U t with the Iho Idea owing to International over the tho nub jcl that the Ih Alaska neat In Is the tho only 1111 ono oni In the world yet cI the tho north northwestern western industry Is II hut hilt a bagatelle i aim r l with that of ot nI nIThe I The Alaska seal eral al yields a PH pelt ell with I fur lur which Is I m made Into ladle Indira Barques n tho the skin akin of ot the Newfoundland scat neat U II cn Into Inlo Ind leather and the tha fat IlLI turn Into oil all 80 at o Unit It Il In le eagerly sought nought In the Ih then markets n of at the world N S SW Now w processes of III tanning the skin enabling Its II cm ell for tor bicycle bus bugs fittings und and utti m hei r havo doubled the tho satue nille of ot the Iho product latterly and the Iho fleet Is U being augmented of or being ul III lowed to 10 il dawn doun ua na formerly The rime sealing ara tiro all nil stout wooden ve vessels s l with moderato moderate power and nd Are ars only anI available for lor till work or Arctic exploration It helm belR n cheaper to tie then them up UI In Ht St Johns for 10 tO month of ot tin tho your than to try Iry to 0 util utilize utilize ize IZI them for lor other pursuits The Thu crews are made up of 01 tho the flatter fisher fishermen men mon of ot tho the Newfoundland seaboard and anti ore are trained to 10 the Iho work front from boy boyhood bo 00 hood The Ih work calls for tor daring and expertness of ot the highest order amid f fr for r u n disregard of ot misery And I fort tort not known In I any uny other business Throughout the 1110 J season the th man ninn manare are aru HI parked like Ilk sardines II aboard slips In the Uio ratio of or one mun man to three tons 1118 or of registered and hero barn they thuy Iho mav cony remain for tor ono week or eight with tail hi and ordinary or I Inary nary nry creature comforti comforts at al a IL discount Rarely can an they wash till still more rarely cun cull they change chimpo theIr clothen and a whet when the Ih hll h In Iii I loaded the arc pin Dl ked Into bolt lill their theft quarters quarter end they have to 10 lie 10 about the decka day lIu and night no mutter matler what whal the Iho weather until I port purl In I Consequently Iho return I urn blAck with roal coal dust duet shin hlll shining ing with teal soul I fat rind from mm the Iii Ih mum mass of 01 tat fat and which tills till 1111 ever every er ships hips hold AND S HOODS The seals seal are arc of ot two O varieties harps and hoods hood The Th former torm r urn lire co callI 1 from n II mark on ou their hair backs like Ilke a n lyre tin thin latter from A n appendage on their heads which witch they IhlY run ruin lIn Inflate angry r and on 0 which blows can m u ube be rained without Injuring them Ihm The harps harpa tire are mild and lm le Ire fre frequent quent and yield the Ih better oil The Tile hoods ho I are fierce fIro and wary nry prefer pa k or 1 Ice Ic and are arc thu tl thuI 1 u less I valuable of ot the two They Thy pro oro be he Hexed to 10 go If 0 north In the Iho autumn the hone to 10 the Ih vicinity of nf Hudson flay Bay DR DRIn ml Ind In the 1110 hoods to 10 Davis Dals StraIL and to ton n hums 1 on the there ther as these latter laller lie fin with the Ihl of ot winter On tots Ire toe about tho the r part art of 01 Feb February Fc roar th the deposit their young oung the baby bab Brill acala garbed In a It pure white fur which hl h conceals them trot from enemies mlA Tin Tim parents fish lIh for lor and food tod them Ihm and An as ne the th Ih e 1 youngsters pung a tiro grow ow their heir 1 coats be amts creamy cr gradually darkening n as III they take IRke to the water wal They The glOw Pour four pounds heavier dally dall and ad about Aboul the middle of at o March ore are or In prime killing condition m as a they fen can display a rich layer of nl fat tal and are still lOll inn to start swimming The TJI sealing fleet deet nl leaves IM St 81 Johns JohnH on oil March 12 I 1 us its a rule and time the Ice Ic floes flocH lIot hearing the tho herds are aro usually then ore off nello Relle lilt Iilo Strait scattered 1 the masses lIIa t n lS of 01 o froien tro an cry crystal spread over oer or the North Atlantic Tim Tho seals are n found In I Immense hen herds stretching bond beyond the range of 01 vision n and the Ih slaughter Is IN nn on a settle un unequalled unequalled equalled In any ony other Industry In the tho world orld The Tho young seals lI alt which yield the th skins Akin end the tho finest anent oil nil lire Alight sought and being quite helpless am are killed by n a blow from rum nn nil tron club being then Iho disembowelled and the III pelt Uie skin itkIn end and adhering marses mn sare of at fat separated from tho c carcase which having no alue alu Is In I r rJ to J Ild and dragged to 10 the tho ships hl The Tha greatest kill Is la I between March IS 16 1 nail 30 within w tIn which fortnight probably seals pro slaughtered After that lie tho III young nung ones take to the water wAIr mind the 1111 product I of ot tho the next n months month quest questIn IU At In Is obtained by chasing the th stampeded seals Penis among the floes with boats or by h cruising about with the Iho steamers and then them us os thy they swim to tn mid n fro tro In the limo lanes tones canned 1 by tho the spring e P winds x breaking up u th the Ice kr Ie OFTEN of ri S Y WILL VillA The Th maternal Instinct of 01 the th mother seal Is k such much that sh she he will tight for lor her offspring and end dl die 11 with It but bill the fath futh fathers will 11 die dis disappear ers ern Ir are arc less leas considerate and appear through ther lher blowholes blowhole H Into the thc water on the tho Ih first sign of or danger If however hoer a n dog clog hood hoo finds m de his hll re to retreat reo treat Ireal cut cot off ott he will prove prOc nn an ugly cus cuc cu I tomer totter requiring two If It not 1101 throe three men tutor mento mento to overcome him hint lilt ferocity Is III tor dow was wan aM only market markel rib Ie and ho he will savagely attack an anOn Is ono all On In hi hl his way ey In Inthe I the scheme usually l to dispatch him Occasionally ho he weighs 00 pounds but hul adult eerie am are never killed kill killed ed rl unless young one on ones are lire scarce ns as their rifle oil Is IA too poor and thuIr skin h is I II too tio I tough ought In their quest nuns t for till Ile souls seals III the men menno have no tho Iho ship clip al nt und tad travel Irael six Ix or ur eight unites miles mil over aver the tho shifting unstable flor currying their very lives In their Ih lr They h Art am supposed u 1 to 10 bp be h linck t It y with their but sometimes got gAl storm stormbound bound boun benighted b nil Anil ore lire exposed to danger er In ID 1898 S the Green Greenland land had hac 1st out met nf or her 6 nun men out when whon tv hen u n swept ept the hoes for tor nr two Ihl and nights and at tit Its ItH end one It II was waA found that 17 IT 7 men mn had per perished er 1111 30 inon e frost bitten Togs n often tuft an shut shul down lown over vr the tit flees fines and RI hundreds of ot men may rnA be bo en ell enshrouded shrouded 1 In them unable to In regain their ships und and suffering Intense hard hardships hardships ships from frost and hunger hun cr scantily 1111 I clad InrI poorly und and having In to burn their ll t tImes clubs bOil boat I linen Imes to In keep k themselves from perish perishing Perishing ing outright Oll too men full fall through blowholes or Into Inlo s soil er pd oil channels and being dragged be ho beneath I Ineat neath neat the flue floe nJ perish miserably Or If Ir they Ih escape rn that f fate tp they Ihn have to 10 strip Irl naked on the Ih Ire Ice and wring time tho Ih water avatar from their garments Karm lIl punning Donning J the clothes again they Ihy In Inmany I many Instances lay IRY time seeds of ot fatal disease The ThA ships hll too Ino IrA are sometimes c I I In the th fines and sunk unk and anel th III Uie P crews neWA have hn to 10 take inko Ik tn to lima tho Ice Ie nn re to r tomain main there until r by b some Point other vessel esnel ell ll or If It that hope of ot succor falls they make their way over tho the Ice to 10 the land hind drawing with them provision laden boats bonta to forty ferry them totem over Oer th Ih tike channel channels they Ih may encounter ni as well tell 11 ns lie to In Insure Inure them against starvation cn ws POORLY PAID The Th Industry when lilt its std anI I dangers are taken Into Inlo Account very ery Inadequately remunerates the tho Ih hunters engaged In It These ThI men receive If Ir their catch CR Ich Is IN good only nl about ISO to tn 1100 Std each Ih Tho The system under which the tho fishery Is I Ii pursued II Ill Is IA that thAI the tho ship chip owner on ner gets of ot the tho proceeds the th crew having the third share divid divided ed e emoting them Until two rare ears ego ago Iho ha proportion was still further re to reduced domed by inductions of ot kinds hut but they Ihl struck work w rk and seemed Ihn abolition of ot these Ih objectionable char Thin early earl 3 arrivals naturally the tho boats fully Inden lotion ore aro greeted erected by b thousands of or cheering compatriots who ulna linn II the tho wharves an RII they Ih enter port last and for far tho Ih ha habr brief br let time they time thc firn absent R b their crews may mR bo ha said alII to to 10 have hal fared fairly well Hut But the Ihl luckless ones who n ha remain out till April 30 tin last lut legal tiny day lIR for forkill kill Ing returning with but a n 1 few fen thousand pelts which yield 11 1 their crews u a beggarly dollar or two Iwo represent the Ihn unfortunate side of ot the enterprise At It 1 St SI Johns Johnl are the where the fat 1111 Is III ro s Into oil all iI and the tho skins uro cleaned and suited salted for PT ex export t port porI l skinners r cut off ott the tho fut which Is h then Ihen minced steamed 1 and pi 1 1 until nil all the oil all Ix Is removed front from It II The Tha oil ell Is I used d In lighthouses and It Is I the tho best beat yet el discover discovered dl ed ell for this thin url Iro It i I Is alio alen employed I I In making high soaps sox and s ns ne n n II substitute for oil all The Tahe Ta he heskins skins ns RS already staled RIO era tanned and utilized In II a variety arl y of nt vv 11 years Inu ago agor the and AM for tor r fiX them and that nl at l 1 a low Price M Q States now taken half the Mleh Balch a at I I double the rate then ruling the lab Ish price rice into hump be been r doubled P 1 lc In New r York Post POM PO I Ir I |
