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Show 'AIRSHIPS GUIDE ! SEHLJUNTER5 Newfoundland Seamen Hope for Big "Kill" Among Herds This Season ST. JOHN'S. N P.i Nov. 1".. Captains Cap-tains of tho ptowioundlavnd sc.allnr th i t look forward to a big "kill." tnionjr tho seal herds this s-ason un .dor tho arriing' nient by which th -i fl. it will bo gnilded by two alrablpi ,. , J f It will he to net ia Si Olltr. laeare-h for the herds of young aeala ind send word ot their location by wirelessi. Some of tho old onpUtlni itofe to i lie u trifle- .ltlbious nf this new -1 n )g led nirthod of hunting the seals, but they I are nil uvvultlng tho experiment with I anticipation and hope of greater profits prof-its thnn ever befofe ' Th6 ttrO non-rlgbl ilrahlps. popuiut-ly popuiut-ly knowq us "blimps." which are to be i l in this worl; bavg arrived here latnd u bolng assembled tu m.ike thla nrbt attompl i" hum aeals from the i.ilr and by UM Of the wireless. The expedition, which ulifjgether Includes 'four nirshtps. Is under the command 'of Frank J. Tlppen, consulting nlrshlp lenglueer and eonslructor to the New ifounill.itid Brovf-rnment, an expert ill ftho design of large comtn irlal nlr- ships. Three of the four airships nro of the se.-scoullng type, driven by u jsingle engine, the kind which did valuable valu-able reconnaissance work over the North and Irish sevas during the war. The fourth Is larger and driven by two motors. All these have been presented pre-sented to the Newfoundland government govern-ment by the Hriltah air ministry as the nucleus of a regular government, air patrol servlco In Newfoundland. 'After the experiment In seal hunting I they will be use d ns s matter of rou-Itlne rou-Itlne In the forest patrol and survey I work. The party Includes two airship pilots, pi-lots, of whom the i hlef Is Captain Wfl. illains who distinguished himself In the war as u pilot In airships over 'the Irish Pea Tho airship station In Newfoundland trill be established at JBotwood on the Exploits river, where, the wireless station will be built to jkeep In touch with the airships. Wh. n tin- nMt herds of young seals come drifting down from the north on the Ice early In the spring, the Mlmps" will fly out over the North 'Ajtlonti.-. will hunt them out and send ird of their location to the sealing fleet waiting to kill them for their oil-bearing oil-bearing fat nnd skins, i Heretofore a big "kill" has been the matter of lurk as well as Of good Judgment. Judg-ment. The sealing fleet has relied mainly on the knowledge oaiel skill of ! certain aklppers who study charts mi l i currents and estimate where the herd i may be found but sometimes they hav ;! missed the ir objocl Next spring, however. how-ever. It U hoped here that the airship patrol, preceding the fleet and scouting scout-ing over the immense area of water Jwlll convert what has hitherto been a . Igamble Into almost a certainty i oo |