. A complete geography. -^gQ NORTH AMERICA the breeding season, they resort to the Pribilot Islands. The UnitedStates government prohibits all persons fro>n killing the» except one. Fig. off a bunch of fur seal for slaughter. company, which pays a special tax for the privilege of securing acertain nnmber eai year. At the proper season the men select an, ber of males,-for a law forbids the taking of the fema drive them off for slaughter, much as sheep would be ? there is some opportunity for farming in soutli-ern Alaska, and the great tracts of forest
. A complete geography. -^gQ NORTH AMERICA the breeding season, they resort to the Pribilot Islands. The UnitedStates government prohibits all persons fro>n killing the» except one. Fig. off a bunch of fur seal for slaughter. company, which pays a special tax for the privilege of securing acertain nnmber eai year. At the proper season the men select an, ber of males,-for a law forbids the taking of the fema drive them off for slaughter, much as sheep would be ? there is some opportunity for farming in soutli-ern Alaska, and the great tracts of forest land may be the seat of an eiii x^.irt» , & important lumbering industry in the fut-ure, at present tliemost noted industryof Alaska is gold min-ino-. There are deposits of gold,copper, coal, and otherminerals ; but theyare so difficult toreach that there hasbeen little develop-ment of any of theseexcept the first. Ashort distance north
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