, 1876-06-03
SEAL-HUNTING.
Wonderful Results OF This Scaaons 6caf'
Fishery.

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Fishery. ....
St. Jolts's, Siay T.-Unr scai fishery for 1915
10 now wnllnd uI, a.nl II proves to he ou Of tue
wo wcru In tic depths Of .lrsponr,wy about t1,c
results. Fnr SEVEN weeks the bitter east wlntl
blew, driving tllu huge frc-fclds upon our
shores, illliE all tho bays aNl hnrbors With cct
and creating sDlld icc-pack which III vessel
coul,l penetrate nl around tl!c coasts. Tho
scalIng.iEcct wcro ARRESTED within sight Of the
1lurbur, and held powerlcas III thu grasp cf the
frost king. Thus matters sfao, Mnl No n'1ttci-
pntc'l tsastrous fishery. Hut Nature l.as !!er
our grulnbling. Our hunters could not Ect to
tho scus, lying in tlteir ICY cradles, rocked by
t1lc lraving hlluws nf tllc Atlantic, hut Ail tllu
while tho clst wind WIS gently iloas!ng tl.n
"wllite coats" within rcnch Ot tile hunters, till
Mt length they were ararltel from Botflc dctnr!l-
,ncnts OF them only by fcw M,ilcs. 4 ciinngeuf
wind ca,llu ut last, II relaxation Ut tile Ice tuok
plaec, a.nt the hunters sprung upon tlcir prey.
of tic seals, only with Bcntterct 1,uFtls 70 tint
no steamer rot Il bumper trlr,,"' though many
lid well on their trst voyage. rliclargest num-
her brought In waa BY thu stcaincr Brar-sU,-
t0O seals, worth threu things Us ma,.y dol
lara. Others gut id,U00, 13,oN, 10,MW each.
Tho most lucky hit ut NIL WINS mnde By The Mcr-
lin, MI oil, HOrtlout stea'ncr which Wns nHr-
chased hy her present osricr, 4. NJ. alackuy,
ngcnt of tho Anglo-A.nerican Telegraph Cont
pal!y, for Sl8,0OO fast year. Sllr wus piuslrl III
ilear tho shoro by thu irc-pack, hut tho seals
came Arou,l her, unl alc got Us n.nny ns ssc
could loal-1lH, 900 prime srale, value si3,0o0. |
may rcmazk that tllo seals thla ycar wore not
takcn till tsl their full-grown ssu@e, nnl ronse-
1ucntly we're, OIL nll average, ~ per cent better
than iii utticr years. 30 soon M tito stcayGra
unloatl tlelr cMrgocs OF fns they atnrt nRaln fur
tic ico-ttcltls on u second hunting excursion.
On this trip they rarely capture many young
souls, us thry l.aye taken t., ta water about Thu
Int VI April; hut they pursue the old eeAls,
sometimes siootfng them q. tile "pans u ot iec,
sometimes fal1tng in with q herd OF thcul
hbattIng" them III 1,,lltItu'ies. 1his yrar will
be memorable III tu annals Of aeal-kilng by
the wonderful success Of second trips md thu
yaat number Of oltl tculs brought IN.
Let III follow tic fortunes Of the steamer
Neptuns ~ I'LL Illustration of thu rsltnntlc side
Of scal-k!l!ng. s.e DID hut moderately we'll on
llcr itrst trip, having brought in uuy 100 seals,
valuc $9t,000. On her ecco,nl trip ahu rot
caught In an icc-pmlt In Grcen Bay, and yalny
tried to esgapr. Wien there tEe Hlen weru sent
out over the ee-1lcl!ls, a,nt some Of them wan
tlurgd so fur rs 10 miles from the steamer. At
tllis spot hugs herd of o!l scals was discover
cd caught III tt.o pack and ullahlc tu csenpe.
news, and Tic whuc crew, 9jo III number, f,,ri,-
cd themselves intn tine, like soldiers charging,
and rushed on their prcy. The work of de-
struction by striking them tn tho 1loso with u
long club c4lis'l ":a!f" was ,sagS,sSry S,S pursued,
lay dead within slnall AREA But how were
tsicy to ho got un boarti, thu vessel being II
miles tltssnntl To .l,ag them over tls Ice
was tmEossiblc; "xll, by tartSuo "'s u ,I;, t".s
se1s stnstl%ss %sSi eefa' tie Aisr' tho s srasp
OF tho Ice rclaxcll,-tlle cast wind
ceased to press fron tl.u outside, and next morn
Ing the stc9ner wHs nblg tu t;ct alongside tho
boar1. The striking thing, too, was that lad
tlcy mt hccn kIlle,l IN that particular aftcr-
nuon tho whala would llnvc csrapcd Irxt 1ncr,.-
Ing through the uncniI'gs III thslcc. Thcaycraga
yaius yaius ot "f II ts *" sr ws ~ sl o. II s Is ts liz
ssi Nswfn"" fS . 0' +sss SSs txsa sicsr E' ts u
sAruc.l Sl:s.,lxN III IL little uycF tn" mouths.
tuin viii Ert sl,uoo fur his r''are tho rcinansr
belongs to thu usYilcrs Several other steamers
have nrriyet! with good trips Uf nd sc.is.
rno 1,'s VII Sss,. hi rsa;s, s; '1S5' 4' 7' V. %%
guart and Con'1nnlorc nre uf,. snisl to layc fair
trips, bllt aEe not reported. When one rcIncnl-
bcrs tlat uycry uil seul is worth g. thu yal.lc uf
these united rAtguvs u very considerable. Thu
weight IN fnt Ut ths Scptunrs cargo In &'9 tnl,s.
All the Captains uni,c III declaring TINT they
urypr saw thu scala ,ure numerous, BD that tn
MI APPROPRIATENESS ur aca1-Qsl,cry llrpEtts ~ yrt
no signs u txha,lstinl,. but sl.u,.1d 1ikG tu
hear what lrof. Baird would say to ths H.
strllclion Ut tho yuunE onrs. 1t seems lir I;l.
lug the gnt'su that tays thu g,itlrn cggh. but 1t
IL fn vain tn enact restrictions wErn nrA Arr ont
In thuSu tec sulLl,rs nlltl heri4 1t seals arGlli.
Nut TIL un.1tssnkabc slvns of IN exhaustion NIB
pcar Will NC gct tiu killing u nll seals prul.lt,-
lts.t: Meantime, however, "uli Is serslsc." /.
i,ayr MT yet relatr.l slc whole Ut t,,lr good
fortuuo this ycar. The wine rrn,ai,.s to t!r,
lust. Thu persistent east wind tlsoYe thu great
hnly of tho Young seuls up thu buys md III upon
islailtls and lca.llallls III our northern eoast,
thus bringing them within reach ot the settlers
nstn,ss, The wilule papuIntitln Ut tlIesa places
rushed out anil slaagktcrc,l a'A dragged Thu
senls ashore; Young mrn as,A maiacnst oil
1ncn aud ch!!iTcn," wure caserly engaged III tho
work,
Nuws arrived some tins ngo ttlnt in two ln-
caltties, Twl!lngutc nnl Fosu 1Ul, ,f0 seals hull
bcv.l saken IL tits way--yalAs, s'1Hi, ,ooo; Il y
supposed that Ut least bod00 asals a'ld!tioilal
must have been taken III other nr!shbornE
losalltlss from whIrl, no news .s vt arIlss.l
conIparv with Dur sval-ishryyt llow sa.l II, by
reckless destruction q these yaluanls slsat;'fs,
Tlat there IL frar If sWh result Ia evident
when W. look Ut so inany otler fisheries osice us
uourisliug as ours mud now 1oa-pfo1uctaFc.