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St. Nicholas (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 661

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A SEAL SEEKING A MAN S PROTECTIO.N FKU.M .V SWUKD-Hsli. 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… … \ *-«< V ^^*^^^^, A HARP-SEAL MOTHER AND HER BABV. 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 iassigiak (as she wouldcall it), out of which she will make the wide,…

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