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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  This 
  made 
  the 
  total 
  for 
  the 
  season 
  26, 
  which 
  included 
  a 
  cow 
  

   overheated 
  and 
  trampled 
  in 
  the 
  drive 
  of 
  June 
  10. 
  

  

  The 
  sea 
  hons 
  were 
  more 
  than 
  usually 
  abundant 
  at 
  Northeast 
  

   Point, 
  a 
  herd 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  100 
  having 
  been 
  seen 
  by 
  hunters 
  in 
  the 
  

   early 
  part 
  of 
  June. 
  

  

  ^S*^. 
  George 
  Island. 
  — 
  A 
  drive 
  of 
  sea 
  lions 
  was 
  made 
  on 
  September 
  21 
  

   from 
  East 
  Rookery. 
  The 
  drive 
  was 
  made 
  from 
  a 
  herd 
  of 
  about 
  75 
  

   animals, 
  and 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  any 
  importance 
  on 
  this 
  island 
  for 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  years. 
  Twenty-two 
  large 
  and 
  medium-sized 
  males 
  were 
  

   kiUed. 
  

  

  Uses. 
  — 
  Sea 
  Hon 
  meat 
  is 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  for 
  food, 
  both 
  when 
  

   fresh 
  and 
  preserved 
  with 
  salt. 
  The 
  skins 
  are 
  used 
  primarily 
  in 
  the 
  

   construction 
  of 
  the 
  bidarras, 
  or 
  natives' 
  boats, 
  used 
  by 
  them 
  in 
  

   bringing 
  supphes 
  ashore 
  from 
  the 
  supply 
  vessels. 
  

  

  