Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-01-13
The Alaska Seal FjSlleri9S.

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| New L 'nd5n claims tie honor OF havin
sent the hrst vessel s-oaa the At antic coa,
to the waters OF .slas ka to engage n the fu
! seal business. This vessel was the bar
| Peru, f. Morgan mas6er, owned by VII
| liams & Haven Of that CIV. The I1artfor
Caurant says - Capt Morgan has .ecenti
returned home, ove,'an1. from San Fran
c-sco, ard gives an iAterest ng account Of hi
operations and DESCRIPTION Of the l0calit
where the fur seals are found He ipined b
ship at the Sandwich Islands in Fe1rlar
! last, proceeded bv way Of Slrka 70 tn
island wheTe the seals resort. and arrive
there on the l3th of Apr1. Soon a,5er h
| landed his men with building material. pr0
visions salt and eU-iis aud hosted for th
first time the American 3ar on the island
Hbe nastcr hired s1rue natives t3 assist. anl
made preparations for tie summer 5 work
- Need 90 more supplies. the ship Wi
sent / ck to Hlaololu Tor additional prov;l
ions and lumber wbicn arrived later in th
season. Some twelve or fourteen buildiu :
or dwellings. store and salt houses, wer
erected along the shores, and in due tine n
tabi ing Of skins commenced. The men EN-
ployed in this work followed tac old RusSiaI
rules of killing only the N es and removin.
these back lrom the beaches before despatc7
! ing them, lest those coming il from the "
! ter should be alarmed and driven OF J
/ blood or carcasses on the shores. The YOU
/ seals or puTs We're never moleste1. The
report tue antics Of these tide f-llows, "a
cred in vast numbers learning II swim a
/ fish. as very amusing.
= lie Peru party met with strong rivsl} I
E and OppoS ton n their ,r5 from the end
p p'nyees Of 9 IN Franc c. concern who. hay
ng bought out the stocN Of goods and We:
/ sells belonging to the old Russian America
Fur Company. claimed to be their successor
n the fur business of the territory. The
+ tried almost every means 0f ANNOYANCE. bu
soon found that our New England seame
were n It to be coaxed or driven aAav.
- The Islands known for many years a
tie home for the y seal. arc two in number
and situated inside OF N0-th Of the F.,
1r Aleutian islands, about forty mtes apar
and TWO or three bUndred mics from am
other land. They are trian- -'lar in shape
the largest about twenty Ililes I7nt. E1sl
and West, the other ahJut rW5 thirds th;
lie The / is sandy. with unde-lein
. clay and rocks: s me Troulnelt bills. witt
low places aud ponds between Along tht
shore are sand bsactes with cliffs and pro
lection lodges of rocks, oa which the ocear
sJart c2-sz,s-s 81 5-erks " harb0r afa-ttin-
good security Is foaud It either island
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are an active and bar.ir rar,. nc9eeafIv IL
poSed. resrnh,inr s,.., .,.,.y',it t,ie F~ali3apy
+ hut more intelligent. Tser live in brts .
caves sneak the AIeuti,n and Rsssian Ian
suare a1dhavs been emploved for many We 4
+ in the taking and ecr;ng Of tie lar
skins The seals are found at these isl
oniv in the summer season tbev 6eg1
arrive in April OF Nav. and cont-9ue t.
and % during the summer. oceupvin
/ shores. or.en coming up the bIufs to
siderable befrhr Their number i
/ Tbe vorr., 9ra h~aDr5t f,r5b dnr;
+ -,,-r+Ys ar 10 o,,F IL 40 -