404 ARTICLE BY DR. J. A. ALLEN. 



600 Seal skins." He secured small catches at intervals during the fol- 

 lowing months, and started for home on March 31, 1831, with a cargo 

 of 3,700 skins. In 1834 he made another voyage \Tith two vessels to 

 the same coast, visiting Ichaboe, Mercury, and Bird Islands. The first 

 season's work amounted to only about 800 skins, the seals being scarce 

 and shy. Kespecting tlie next season (1835) he says: "The Seals hav- 

 ing been harassed so much, the prospect was slim for the next season, 

 but by putting men on the small rocks to shoot them, and by great 

 diligence, we managed to se(;ure about 1,000 skins to both vessels, 

 whidi was a slim season's work." (Ca])t.(T. L. Allyn. The Old Sailor's 

 Story, as quoted by Mr. 0. Howard Clark.) 



Sealing appears to have been abandoned for some years following on 



the Aiiican coast, owing to the low price of seal-furs and the scarcity 



of the seals. It has, however, since been resumed, and placed under 



restrictions by the Government of the Colony of tlie 



ape o 00 ope. q^^^ ^£ Good Hopc, the Seal islands being rented to a 



^ . sealing company under certain stipulated conditions, 



Government regu- '^ ^ i . "^ i -i -x i ^ mi • i i • ii 



lations. aud poachiugrigorously prohibited. The yield is small 



but steady, averaging about 5,000 skins per annum. 

 (Affidavit of Emil Teichmaun, of the London firm of furriers, 0. M. 

 Lainpson & Co.) , 



