Animal products; . hrough the openings in the ice. The averageworth of an old harp seal is 6 dols.; so that the value of thiscargo was 108,000 dols. This is the most valuable cargo of sealsever taken in Newfoundland. This single steamer thus earned132,000 dols. in a little over two months. One third goes amongthe men; the captain will get 4,000 dols. for his share; theremainder belongs to the owners. Several other steamers havearrived with good trips of old seals. The Wolf has 8,400, Ranger 268 IMMENSE SLAUGHTER OF SEALS. 7,000, Walrus 3,800, Greenland 4,300. The Vanguard andCommodore are also
Animal products; . hrough the openings in the ice. The averageworth of an old harp seal is 6 dols.; so that the value of thiscargo was 108,000 dols. This is the most valuable cargo of sealsever taken in Newfoundland. This single steamer thus earned132,000 dols. in a little over two months. One third goes amongthe men; the captain will get 4,000 dols. for his share; theremainder belongs to the owners. Several other steamers havearrived with good trips of old seals. The Wolf has 8,400, Ranger 268 IMMENSE SLAUGHTER OF SEALS. 7,000, Walrus 3,800, Greenland 4,300. The Vanguard andCommodore are also said to have fair trips, but are not one remembers that every old seal is worth 6 dols., thevalue of these united cargoes is very considerable. The weightin fat of the Neptunes cargo is 850 tuns. All the captains unitein declaring that they never saw the seals more numerous, sothat to all appearance our seal fishery presents as yet no signs ofexhaustion. But I should like to hear what Professor Baird. GROUP OF SEALS. would say to this terrible slaughter of old seals, coming after thedestruction of the young ones. It seems like killing the goosethat lays the golden eggs. It is vain to enact restrictions whenmen are out in those ice solitudes and herds of seals till unmistakable signs of an exhaustion appear shall we gQtthe killing of old seals prohibited. The persistent east wind drove the great body of the youngseals up the bays and in upon islands and headlands on ournorthern coast, thus bringing them within reach of the settlersashore. The whole population of these places rushed out and PROPORTION OF OIL FROM BLUBBER. 269 Slaughtered and dragged the seals ashore. * Young men andmaidens, old men and children/ were eagerly engaged in thework. News arrived some time ago that in two localities,Twillingate and Fogo, seals had been taken in thisWay—value, 300,000 dols. It is supposed that at least 50,000seals additional must have been taken in ot
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