Children's own library . THE GREENLAND SEAL Seals are among the most useful of animals to Greenlanders use their flesh for food; their oilfor light, warmth, and cooking ; their skins for clothes,boots, and coverings of boats and tents; their sinewsfor thread and fishing-lines; the skins of the entrailsfor window-curtains and shirts; and their blood formaking soup. Seal-skins are an important article of 56 WOOD S NATURAL HISTORY commerce and the seal-fishery is largely carried onalong the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador andalso on the islands off the coast of Alaska. Thefur in its na
Children's own library . THE GREENLAND SEAL Seals are among the most useful of animals to Greenlanders use their flesh for food; their oilfor light, warmth, and cooking ; their skins for clothes,boots, and coverings of boats and tents; their sinewsfor thread and fishing-lines; the skins of the entrailsfor window-curtains and shirts; and their blood formaking soup. Seal-skins are an important article of 56 WOOD S NATURAL HISTORY commerce and the seal-fishery is largely carried onalong the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador andalso on the islands off the coast of Alaska. Thefur in its natural state is yellowish, spotted, andmarked with brown, and is unfit for use until it THE C03IMON SEAL The length of the common Seal is about four or fivefeet, and its weight often two hundred and twenty-fourpounds. There are many Seals known, among which are theSea Leopard, a spotted species; the Harp Seal, socalled because the markings on its back resemble aharp; the Sea Bear, and the Sea Lion. The Walrus inhabits the northern seas. Its mostremarkable point is the great length of its upper ca-nine teeth, which extend downward for nearly two feet, woods natural history 57 and resemble the tusks of the elephant. They furnishvery fine ivory, and are extensively used by dentistsin making artificial teeth. These tusks are used bythe Walrus for climbing the rocks or heaps of ice,and also for digging up the sea-weeds on which the
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