Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-04-18
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rytcr2 TIA; il . IGdsuan's co.S1sa;
ru:..TEs.
Wen - Last Gals are E;gh-ei the
Ho.i - pasS1d oown from the masthead
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disturbed ~ = s4oat at 6-tz-oe :!
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u other Ehjps. f. the later co. liz
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reals Uy e ciTcGitJus route. irt-Ldi-S
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while order. ere igued fO-b.diing Any
one 20 show his head aboye the rs.i.
Tie slightest careI=ssnesz will cause
IT, game 70 disappear into the ma;er.
Perhaps ia. pan" Of Gezix - righ:-d
by Z RIA! ship. In that cz= ell round
about iar'ics are DROPPED. AID = race
"rsuex. The four watches, armed with
CaT-iippd clubE. stand by" FOR d..
rect;ons. AZ the instant the ship gets
among ice too close!y psel:ed for her
20 pT0csed further, gil hands ar. over
EpaTd.
Away they run eacL master of watch
picking z patch for his command. which
huTiea after him in single file. II Is
i rough cla1>; nOw a climb over
"aEhed-up ledge 0! broken ice; again
= leap a"ross = broken strip q! water.
cccau orally ,oTue unfortunate wretch
f"!ir '':. and is fshed dripping out Oh
IL" pm Of a companion His clothes
- fToZsn stin in n few pscordr. but is
''b"F1'r stop. The Eeals BY thf. tin:.
- thoroughly alarmed. ard H. IL iui-
OI:aut 10 reach them as quickly -
'"'blr. a EcaI's vital point i. his nos~.
Or LIow Of the bat" usually killr;
-9Inciincs. however, an old animal Of
-" Il hard and dangerous fight. The
. hurry about their "Ofk oil exccu-
on with energy. ubated only after
70" last Of The living seals has escaEd
INTO tie water.
-" 'ir'ims ar. then skinned and the
"I's i"aged together ia s'acls. sui.
60: '"l by the cnsigns Of their r.
e.. n"~n erships. Thee stacks. b.
8" way. arc another u the oDiccts
tS."a-ici by the useful term "pan.'
"''am" 81 pelt,, like i "pan" Of Feab. +,
" f''' T"r,ing fiat cake Of ICE. We have
am" u'ngc in pan % bacon" Itis
'''!om that n pan marked by n flag u
"i"-'"!: feeling on the subjec, ia pro.
,...i.N'iy strong.
~ dark the ship r.turns over her
'if's course TO collect The "pans" o.,
''i3. y storm may have arisen. II
any leromeH the NOR urgent that the
it'%r lie brought aboard without dc.
'1y. Through the rolling. %crunching ice
u n,n pick their way in boats. with
tic water freezing Immediately or
whatever IL touches. ~ last all III.
pans have been visited and NIL the
H~rcaHc-laden skins laboriouDIy stored
nway.
At such = days cnd one Is justified in
looking forward 10 n comfortable bed.
Hnt To the scalcr this IL denied. The
bunhs. limited in number, orc allotted
to the mcn who have been with the ship
on previous c%Ttitrs. The remainder ~
the men are allowed tho liberty OF the
snip. which offers two Alternatives
berth in one OF the boats on deck or n
less frigid bed burrowcd among the
coal IN the hold. Considerations OF ten.
frrature make the latter choice tn,
moro popular. Even tho rest that n
coal bunker nfSorto Ia always liable 10
interruption 10 the call on deck 10 hclu
The ship through the ice.
In the lnitcr part OF tho seagon. tho
hcais. by that time well grown, spcrl
most Of the time In the water. Itthcn
techmcS necessary TO shoot them from
boats. and the danger that n small boat
undcrPoes In the midst Of n field Of
grinding. broken Ice needs no cxplnna-
ton. Sometimes a storm cuts OF .
watch from It's ship for n day at n time.
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