. Seal and salmon fisheries and general resources of Alaska. gged out. If it is a cool day, after bleeding the first pod whichhas been prostrated in the manner described, and after carefullydrawing the slain from the heap in which they have fallen, so thatthe bodies will spread over the ground just free from touching oneanother, thej^ turn to and strike down another pod, and so on,until a whole thousand or two are laid out, or the drove, as cori-alled,is finished. The day, however, must be raw and cold for this whole-sale method. Then, after killing, they turn to work and skin; butif it is a w
. Seal and salmon fisheries and general resources of Alaska. gged out. If it is a cool day, after bleeding the first pod whichhas been prostrated in the manner described, and after carefullydrawing the slain from the heap in which they have fallen, so thatthe bodies will spread over the ground just free from touching oneanother, thej^ turn to and strike down another pod, and so on,until a whole thousand or two are laid out, or the drove, as cori-alled,is finished. The day, however, must be raw and cold for this whole-sale method. Then, after killing, they turn to work and skin; butif it is a warm day, every pod is skinned as soon as it is knockeddoMn. The labor of skinning is exceedingly sevei*e, and is trjang even toan expert, demanding long practice ere the muscles of the andthighs are so developed as to permit a man to bend down to and finishwell a fair days work. The knives used by the natives for skinningare ordinary kitchen or case-handle butcher knives. They are sharp-ened to cutting edges as keen as razors, but something about the.
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