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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 481

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eseen in the greatest numbers and at his best. io44 THE LIONS OF THE SEA. [Oct. The herds that make that wild spot their homenumber many thousand individuals. The herdthat frequents the northeast point of St. PaulsIsland is drawn upon by the natives for foodand other purposes as regularly as if it… … STELLER S SEA LIONS. big herd of cattle. In Mr. Elliotts time thatone herd is said to have contained between18,000 and 20,000 head. At the close of the fur-seal-killing season, thenatives proceed to lay in their winters supplyof meat. A number of picked men go to North-east Point, steal down to the…

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