^Q2 ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 



instance withm an bour or aii »Jom ana ^^ 



.,liiv a^ the seals are knocked down, and dragged out. it it i. a 

 as rapidly as tut secii& aic ^ whioTi has been prostrated in 



cool day, after Weedmg he * ^VcLefairdrawkig "Se slain from the 



are so developed 'S^^^^^f^^^^^'lCnLXfor skinning are ordi- 

 fair day's work, ■'-''•^/^'yf^i h,,t^i,er knives Tliev are sharpened to 



them while busy stripping the pelts , • ■ jg rolled over and 



S.'f:r,urL!»irrethensucisivelyli<^^^^ 



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.boll, inert, perhaps, though '* '» °;™ 7;^, °"'to itoback tho h,.lf-braiaed seal 

 hold of aforefliiniorto J"'' .. J^fL^rlitiii" the hands or legs of the unwary 

 arouses, snaps suddenly and v.couslj «"«" ^*Sf "Tnto the surgeon's offiee at 

 Bkiuuers, who then eome le;»°'«'y »"'* """""""uS every day or t5o, during the 

 the village for bandages etc. A f«\"»';.»"'''"™ "Earned of any serious result 

 season oS the islands n this manner but I l^^i" ""^.gJXcome esooedingly expert 

 following any ease. . The f »l6". ?» ^Sj^^t '» ef Km^^^^ as razors, and in an 



,n keeping the.r knives »l''>tP. P°« °S fSJ^Tt^^^^^ thumbs over the suspeeted 



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iy the slipping of the natives kuives ^^'l^^^^ t^«y/f,^,^;X These knife 



Jul " flensinl" them from ^^^^^^^P^^^'^I'^jj^.Jf ^^"e Seat annoyance to the dresser; 

 cuts through the skm, no matter how slight, g n e SJ^^^ J" .^^iny of eaeh skin on 

 hence they are always m^^^ked down m P^J^«^ J^*^l P^^^^^^^ everyone 



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Bionally biting one another when ihey ^^«}>«^"f^,'^:^f,f^^^^^fi!^^*^^^^^ 



crowded, oncc'in awhile, one upon ^^^^^o^Jier Usually tl^esecx^ ^.^^ ^^^^^ 



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the skin is lifted the damage is not apprehended. 



