Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 669
utletsfrom the loin of a seal. There are se\eral methods of capturing theseanimals along the shore, by driving companies ofthem into nets, set among rocks or spread under- neath the ice at their breathing-holes; by surpris-ing them asleep on the shore and cutting off theirretreat; by shooting,… … THE SEALING-GROUNDS.—LEADING THE FLEET. by the sun or, in less time, by the aid of steam;but the latter produces a quality poorer in somerespects both for lamps and for the lubrication ofmachines. The skins are salted and packed, andbecome cured in three weeks, finding ultimate useas shoe-leather,…
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