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Show SEAL HUNTERS SAIL FOR NORTHERN FIELD ST. JOHNS. X. F.. March 10. All ll gal restrictions for tho protection of seals have been removed from thc operations op-erations of the New Koundland sealing seal-ing fleet which sailed from here today on Its annual hunt Nine steamers made the start, eight for the north-extst north-extst coast of the colony and one, tho Viking for the J"lf of St Lawrence. The work among the treacherous icefloes ice-floes ls dangerous and it ls seldom that a season passes w ithout some loss ln the fleet. Because the last two seasons were tho least profitable on record, the government gov-ernment decided to suspend for this year the protective laws designed to prevent too serious ' depletion of thc seal herds. |