. Seal and salmon fisheries and general resources of Alaska. ection inw^hicli they desire the animals to travel; and in this manner they escortand urge the seevitchie on to their final resting and slaughter nearthe village. The young lions and the females being much lighterthan the males, less laden with fat or blubber, take the lead; for they was leading the van, and at that moment, down upon him, despite his wildly gesticulating- arms and vociferous yelling, came a squad of bull seevitchie. Thenative saw instantly that they were pointed for the water, and in his soimd senseturned to run from
. Seal and salmon fisheries and general resources of Alaska. ection inw^hicli they desire the animals to travel; and in this manner they escortand urge the seevitchie on to their final resting and slaughter nearthe village. The young lions and the females being much lighterthan the males, less laden with fat or blubber, take the lead; for they was leading the van, and at that moment, down upon him, despite his wildly gesticulating- arms and vociferous yelling, came a squad of bull seevitchie. Thenative saw instantly that they were pointed for the water, and in his soimd senseturned to run from under. His tarbosar slipped upon a wlimy rock awash, he fellfiat as a flounder just as a dozen or more big sea lions plunged over and on to hisprostrate form in the shallow water. In less time than this can be written, theheavy pinnepeds had disappeared, while the bullet-like head of old Luka wasquickly raised, and he trotted back to us with an alternation of mirth and chagrinin his voice. He was not hurt in the least. Plate XIX. Monograph— Ilu/Ahm v^^c^:r5^KC^%^^w-„ ^..tHiii^ THE SEA-LION PEN. Natives corralling Sea-lions at the Barrataora near Websters House, under Cross Hill, Northeast Point, St. Paul Island. ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 149 travel twice and thrice as easy and as fast as the old males, which, byreason of their immense avoirdupois, are incapable of moving aheadmore than a few rods at a time, when they are completely checked bj^sheer loss of breath, thougli the vanguard of the females allures themstrongly on; but when an old sea lion feels his wind coming short heis sure to stop, sullenly and surlily turning upon the drivers, not tomove again until his lungs are clear. In this method and manner of conduction the natives stretch theherd out in extended file, or as a caravan, over the line of march,and as the old bulls pause to savagely survey the field and catch tlieirbreath, showing their wicked teeth, the drivers have to exercise everyart and all the
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