IN THE PAST, 265 



wliicli liundreds of thousands of sldns were Sources of sup- 

 ply. 



taken in the early part of this century were 

 Sandwichland, South Shetland Islands, Desola- 

 tion Island, Goug'hs Island, Kerguelen Island, 

 Massafuero Island, San Juan Fernandez Island, 

 the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fueg-o, Pata- 

 gonia, Cape Horn, South Georgia Islands, the 

 Crozets,^ the Cape of Good Hope, New Zealand, 

 and other localities described by Dr. Allen.^ 



It has already been shown how completely 

 these antarctic rookeries have been depleted,^ 

 but an instance of the enormous numbers taken 

 by sealers in a short time, which shows how 

 populous these southern coasts and islands had 

 once been in seal life, is found in the case of 

 the South Shetlands, where three hundred and 

 twenty thousand skins were taken in two years 

 (1821-1823),^ and also in the case of Massafuero, 

 from which island there were shipped to Canton 

 in seven years over three million fur-seal skins.^ 

 Besides the antarctic sources of seal skins there 

 were those which may be called subtropical, 

 consisting of the Guadaluj^e and Galapagos 



' Emil Teichmann, Vol. II, p. 577; James W. Budingtou, Vol. II, 

 pp. 593-594; George Fogel,Vol. II, p. 424; C. A. Williams, Vol. II, 

 p. 536 ; George Comer, Vol. II, p. 596 ; Alfred Eraser, Vol. II, p. 555. 



2 Article by Dr. Alien, Parts I and II; Vol. I, pp. 375, 394. 



^Jnte, -p. 218. 



■» C. A. Williams, Vol. II, p. 541. 



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