. Seal and salmon fisheries and general resources of Alaska. i)urposes. Thiscapture of the sea lion is the only serious business wliich the peoplehave on St. Paul. It is a labor of great care, industiy, and somephysical risk for the Aleutian hunters.^ Choris: Voyage Pittoi-esque autour dn Monde. -A curious, though doiibtless aiitlientic, story was told me in this connection,illustrative of the strength and energy of the sea-lion bull when at bay. Manyyears ago (1847), on St. Paul Island, a drive of September sea lions was broughtdown to the village in the usual style: but when the natives asse
. Seal and salmon fisheries and general resources of Alaska. i)urposes. Thiscapture of the sea lion is the only serious business wliich the peoplehave on St. Paul. It is a labor of great care, industiy, and somephysical risk for the Aleutian hunters.^ Choris: Voyage Pittoi-esque autour dn Monde. -A curious, though doiibtless aiitlientic, story was told me in this connection,illustrative of the strength and energy of the sea-lion bull when at bay. Manyyears ago (1847), on St. Paul Island, a drive of September sea lions was broughtdown to the village in the usual style: but when the natives assembled to killthem, on account of the great scarcity at that time of powder on the island, it wasvoted best to lance the old males also, as well as the females, rather than shootthem in the customary style. The people had hardly set to work at the ttisk whenone of their number a small, elderly, though tough, able-bodied Aleut, whilethrusting his lance into the life of a large bull, was suddenly seen to fall on his 18 Plate XVIII. Monograpli— SPRINGING THE ALARM. Natives capturing Sea-lions (Eumetopias Stelleri), Prlbylov Islands. ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 147 By reference to my sketch map of Northeast Point rookery, tlieobserver will notice a peculiar neck or boot-shaped point, which Ihave designated as Sea Lion Neck. This area is a spot upon whicha large number of sea lions are always to be found during the they are so shy, and sure to take to water upon the appearance orpresence of man near by, the natives adopt this iilan: Preparations for the drive.—Along by the middle or end ofSeptember, as late sometimes as November, and after the fur-sealrookeries have broken up for the season, 15 or 20 of the very bestmen in the village are selected by one of their chiefs for a sea-lionrendezvous at Northeast Point. They go up there with their provi-sions, tea and sugar, and blankets, and make themselves at home inthe barrabara and liouses, which I have located on th
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