Alaska and the Panama canal . A RUSSIAN SWEAT-BATH HOUSE, ST. PAUL ISLAND,. ALASKA 53 refused to farm out these islands and has gone into the sealbusiness on its own account. In igii we took only 12,000seals and realized on them $385,892, or over ^t,2 per the years 1912 and 1913 the Government has killed onlyenough to provide seal meat for the natives who live on theislands. The herds are now increasing rapidly, and thisindustry should net the Government over $1,000,000 a yearwhen we really begin killing again. So much for the history and business side. We will nowturn to the habit
Alaska and the Panama canal . A RUSSIAN SWEAT-BATH HOUSE, ST. PAUL ISLAND,. ALASKA 53 refused to farm out these islands and has gone into the sealbusiness on its own account. In igii we took only 12,000seals and realized on them $385,892, or over ^t,2 per the years 1912 and 1913 the Government has killed onlyenough to provide seal meat for the natives who live on theislands. The herds are now increasing rapidly, and thisindustry should net the Government over $1,000,000 a yearwhen we really begin killing again. So much for the history and business side. We will nowturn to the habits of the seals, for they are peculiarly interest-ing creatures. The seals on the Pribilof Islands are all fur-seals. Every seal, wherever found, has hair, but this seal hasa thick fur under the hair. It is the fur that makes the skinvaluable, the hair being removed in tanning. The hair on theadult seals is usually a dark gray. They are known as sea-bear. The males are called bulls, the females cows andthe young ones pups. The females live in a harem bossedby an old bull,
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