Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 135
EAL SEEKING A MAN S PROTECTION FKOM A SWORD-FISH. least serviceable of seals, since he is not commonvery far north of Labrador ; but his flesh is consid-ered the best, and on the Pacific coast the Indianstake whole herds at once, by stealing upon themwhen they are basking on the beach or in… … A HAKP-SEAL MOTHER AND HER BABY. of the old ones are good only for tents, but thoseof the young are highly prized ; and no present ismore acceptable to a Greenland damsel than theprettily mottled skin of a kassigiak (as she wouldcall it), out of which she will make the wide, warmtrousers that serve…
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