The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-20
4 SEAL sLareHTxR-


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Il. hossses provided ny the company,
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r. al ornassent 10 asnsost AIRY village
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siaree was gwen the night | arriTeSL ]
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ssss1 fsSr che fssrrpssse 81 taking ia the
saxte~ ard haze 70 soafese that !
.,ss~er sax f,5,1se graceful danse rs any
whers tnaa are tasse A,eGt w0Fnen.
n4aflT all ~ wboai we're Dressed IN
silks
The seals had ma YET arrived - fall
force oaiv the odd buiis and yoang
"a helora. with here and there herd
q e81s. having get shselesi 0uf,
though the water vas alive with them
The I'D msaies arrive trNt. sn1 each
one pre- egspts ssstiieseai ground for bss
hA~esa. AMI drives of ali irtr1ders
unses& ere 81 Ms kiad comes along
who i stronger than himself These
are the lgsg males TX years old, OF old
er the males gnhcr that age being
driven of ard denied the privilege q
safisng Up q hareln. anxiosls A. they
are u do 20. Eaeh one Of the bglls
possesses himself Of gF9usd enough 20
hold ~ e. - females, besides him
. II. ard when the co4s arrive, each
collect that many and fight OF al
interference with their Tzsiygamoa-
rights, the females t,eiHg afraid TO as
-ert ariy rights ~ theig own. and fre-
queuuy heinz torn 70 pieces by two
rnrared lords and masters egntcnding
for procession. shortly after the ar
rival 81 the cows they are delivered At
their Young, after which for 4 period
81 d weeks comes the season of coi-
ton. The male seal. between the
ages Of tao and i've years. and not n
few osis one year old, whD are too
weak 10 set up and maintain a hafem.
get farther inland, aud these are the
ones that are driven 81 the killing
grounds, though none younger than
two years or more than foar. are
killed unless by accident.
On Monday we sent out 10 see
KIN. ard when we arrived on the
ground we found st least 800 seals Of
all sizes collected in a drove from
these the drivers would separate 70 or
81. and drive them a short distance
from the main body. when the killers
would commence the vork with their
long clubs, selecting oaiy those OF the
proper age, n single tap on the head
BEING sufficient 10 requires a great
deal 81 skill, and once IN q while ave
year cid bail receiving glancing bios
would 80 On the rampage, Shen the
killers would have 10 ship nimhly
10 Fet ont 10 their say lit
wonieriel the speed with Which
the animals can get over the ground
for a short distance The ones wanted
being killed, The Others WeFe started
toward the water, into which they
make their way as rapidly a. tAey are
able After the elubheFS. follow the
"stirkers. who drive knife into the
heart OF the stunned seal. and after
them the SINNERS, who take on
hide earh ia the space 81 not more
than one minute At this killing
7ei seals we're killed and skinned in
less than three hours, while at another
point the number killed was between
la0o and 1900