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sorting, they set this net by spreading it o\*er the entrance, 

 and usually capture tbe animal. 



" Xo injury whatever is done to these frail nets by the sea- 

 otters, strong animals as they are ; only stray sea-lions destroy 

 them. The Atka people have never been known to hunt sea- 

 otters without nets, while the people of Ounalashka and the 

 eastward have never been known to use them. The salt-water 

 and kelp seem to act as a disinfectant to the net, so that the 

 smell of it does not repel or alarm the shy animal." 



