, 1877-04-30
SEAL-FISHERY.
Forty.two Thousand Sent Tnknn by Ons

Steamer.
st. 1oh"'s tStsoasd'or,ss9 ,ss, ggrrs'po"denes 'o liz.
This ycar's seal-nsiery prou,iscs to be ouc ot
the most successful on record. Everything !, in
favor Of the ycsacls engaged In the hunt. Tls
weather Ia mild, the tcb open and oII-shnrc, aud
tho seals nrc distributed over very wide area.
The steamers arc arriving well loaded, and bring
favorable reports al those still out. Baiiu,ss
vesscls are tlonR well, as tho loose condition q
tho Ice enables them to move about fruc.y,
Already 5,o00 seals have been landed at 81.
Jphiife. In my last letter WAS ablc to nntlounea
the nrst arrival from tho iee,-tho stea.ncr
Greenland With 1900 scnts, ali In prime con,lt.
lton. Thc steamer Kite followed two days after
%itlo 1as ~, many = sho could possibly carry
Nimro1, with 10,00o, a,l the Panther, with ~.
QUO. This year tho sua1s arc well grown, uwina
to the favorable weather, md the vessels did
not gct atnong them at too carly date. l. il
between eighty and one hundred miles east.
southeast Ut Delle Isle and that tho Kitu took her
seals ninety miles northwest Of the Grecnanl'i
posttlon, or about onG hundred miles cast Of
Cape QulFpon. FROM later accounts It sceml
that the eenls wcra dispersed along curve ey.
tending betwcen these tHo points and In im
mcnsc numbers.
On tho forenoon Of Aprtl tho steamer Arctic,
owned by Messrs: Stevens Il son, Dundee
seals, but OF these nearly 1900 weru old llooi
scals, making tho value of tho cargo equal 10
TINT Of $1,000 harp seals. She reported her
0J0 seals whcn last spoken and still engaged in
taking morn; so that she will probably bring In
. full cargo. This was q Gne trip; but a few
hours after tho steamer Neptune, owned bv lob
that the gunwale was but two or three feet out
Of tho water. Every nook and Granny below
decks were crammcd with ecais. The men hal
given up their berths and filled them with seal,
lat. and the deck Itself was piled with "whlte.
coats" Altogether tho Neptune brought II
100 seals. II WIS wonderful sight to SEQ
her arcw OF $50 stalwart hunters cruwaing her
decks as .hc calne In, stcatning slowly, and
n Snes shu Th sotpE Eaq III poscG s SFsaY 5 s
fat and tho blood oftlseir vtctlms The crowd TN
shore re-ecloed their cheers and received them
Ike cofQucrprs returning from q battle-ie1l.
IT, setan 91 e. thc Aonaats x!th s Goasa
tue return Of tho Neptune w1tl. her fat-cargo
from the icc-1clis. The value Of tho cargo Is
S the bs rssuits 9f t"an.ssiT ha1ays SEAL
twenty-si1 Jays 10 cleared as lis share
$8,4M Tho men rot otlc.tlird Of the
pr1eeeds, 50 that each Youla recovo s1bo. sub
5ss. to sestan dtion, 1Sa Al 4; 70 ICON as be
sccond trip, In pursuit uf old seals, mud, as tls
is Cagt. Whites speciality, ss,o may hr'ng Ia
$oo, ,Ooo worth Of GID scals--porhaps much niosc.
i was she Eoua fostuns e. The Nsptnne te st
sea!s, 80 that tho mcu had only. to slaughter
their tnn0ccut Victims md haul them on bOard.
Cant. Wh!to states that, hal Ills vessel BEEN
ssfs ssas :. ssen sas u soe e sS @ Sf'q a t Il s
panned 1000 more, and directed smiling vessel
hc met whcrc TO ind them; and hu shipped
1900 additional on boarl dnotAcr vessel,
sttpn4attng for onc-third Of tho lot as d bonus.
performed, artl The larsest trip Of seals ever
brought Into any port Ut Newfoundland. The