. Short sketches of the wild sports & natural history of the highlands. Hunting; Natural history. DONALD ANP THE SEAL CHAPTER XXIX Seals—Destruction to Fish and Nets—Shooting Seals in River and Sea—Habits of Seals—Anecdotes—Seal and Dog—Seal and Keeper—Catching Seals— Anecdotes, Seals/ which a few years ago abounded along this coast, are now comparatively rare, and before long will be entirely banished to the undisturbed and unfrequented rocks of the more northern islands. The salmop-fishers on the coast wage a constant war against them, in consequence of the great damage they do to their
. Short sketches of the wild sports & natural history of the highlands. Hunting; Natural history. DONALD ANP THE SEAL CHAPTER XXIX Seals—Destruction to Fish and Nets—Shooting Seals in River and Sea—Habits of Seals—Anecdotes—Seal and Dog—Seal and Keeper—Catching Seals— Anecdotes, Seals/ which a few years ago abounded along this coast, are now comparatively rare, and before long will be entirely banished to the undisturbed and unfrequented rocks of the more northern islands. The salmop-fishers on the coast wage a constant war against them, in consequence of the great damage they do to their stake-nets, whjich are constantly torn and injured by these powerful animals. Nor is the loss they occasion to the salmon- fishers confined to the fish which they actually consume or to ' The colour of seals varies very much. When first born they are cream-coloured. It is soon drowned when entangled in a net, but when undisturbed can remain a con- siderable time under the water. Does not always devour the fish which it captures under the water.—C. St. J. The true fur seals of the far North, many thousands of which are killed annually in Davis Straits and round Spitzbergen and Greenland, are Cystophora crislata, Phoca tarbata and P. grcenlandica. A few specimens of these (with the exception of P. iariaia) have been taken on our 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 St. John, Charles William George, 1809-1856. London, John Murray
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