. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe . Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. ^/ I ! fii [l â ' 1 i I h i 1 1 i i M Uf< Tin: rOLAK WOULD. parts of those drifting shoals, with tho lakes or ope]iiiiy;s intcrsporsod, remain unbroken, and on them myriads oi' seals may be found. In the month of Mui'ch or April, as soon as the ice-fields descend with the currents from Davis' Straits, many small ships, not only from the harbours of the east coast of Newfoundland, but even from the distant Scotcli ports,
. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe . Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. ^/ I ! fii [l â ' 1 i I h i 1 1 i i M Uf< Tin: rOLAK WOULD. parts of those drifting shoals, with tho lakes or ope]iiiiy;s intcrsporsod, remain unbroken, and on them myriads oi' seals may be found. In the month of Mui'ch or April, as soon as the ice-fields descend with the currents from Davis' Straits, many small ships, not only from the harbours of the east coast of Newfoundland, but even from the distant Scotcli ports, particularly Aberdeen, put out to sea and boldly phuiyc into all the openin<TS of the ice-fields to make wnr upon the seals. Armed with firelocks and heavy bludgeons the crews surprise tho animals on the ice. In this way thousands inc killed yearly fi*om the north, but their numbers have latttvly decreased, and the seal catchers pay the penalty of tlu'ir heedless and indiscriminate I:KD-BBKA?TED Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880. London : Longmans, Green
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