. The commercial products of the sea;. Fisheries; Seafood. 200 The Comme7xial Prodttds of the Sea. foundland. More than 350 vessels are engaged in it. The seals whelp their young in January and February on the ice field of Labrador; this ice is floated southwards by the ocean currents, and is always to be found on the coast of Newfoundland after the middle of March. The take of seals varies ; in some years the export of skins being under 200,000, in others exceeding 450,000. The value of the seal oil shipped ranges from ;^ 160,000 to ;^"200,ooo. The yield of oil is about 11 gallons from o
. The commercial products of the sea;. Fisheries; Seafood. 200 The Comme7xial Prodttds of the Sea. foundland. More than 350 vessels are engaged in it. The seals whelp their young in January and February on the ice field of Labrador; this ice is floated southwards by the ocean currents, and is always to be found on the coast of Newfoundland after the middle of March. The take of seals varies ; in some years the export of skins being under 200,000, in others exceeding 450,000. The value of the seal oil shipped ranges from ;^ 160,000 to ;^"200,ooo. The yield of oil is about 11 gallons from one cwt. of blubber. Fig. Phoca Groenlandica. Seal oil and cod oil are now two of the most important, whale oil having much declined in quantity, owing to the fishery being less earnestly prosecuted ; but there are very many fish oils, extracted in different quarters, which have a local and general use, such as shark oil, herring oil, men- haden oil, etc. Seal Oil.—There are three classifications of seal oil: that which drains spontaneously by the pressure of the layers of the skins one over the other; that which is pre- pared by submitting the fat to the action of steam in hermetically closed boilers ; and that which is obtained from the residual mass, submitted to a high 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 Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund), 1814-1897. London, Griffith and Farran; New York, E. P. Dutton & co
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