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1832. 



Betsey, schooner, Captain Fuller, arrived at New London in 1832 from the coast of Africa 

 with 1,300 prime fur-seal skins, 500 pup fur-seal skins, and 74 bullock hides. 



Montgomery, arrived at Mystic, Conn., with 2,000 fur-seal skins from southern seas. 



Superior, schooner, of Stonington, made three voyages to southern seas prior to 1833 and 

 brought home about 8,000 fur-seal skins. 



Talma, schooner, Capt. G. L. Allyn, sailed from New London in July, 1832, for Patagonia and 

 vicinity, and arrived home in May, 1834, with 2,700 fur-seal skins that sold for $12.50 each. 



1833. 



Courier, schooner, arrived at Stonington in 1833 with 2,000 fur-seal skins from southern seas. 



Hamilton, ship, Captain Pendleton, sailed from New York January 9, 1833, for Falkland Isl- 

 ands, and returned October 9, 1834, with 1,150 fur-seal skins, also whale oil and bone. 



Monticello, schooner, arrived at Baltimore, Md., in 1833, with 2,500 fur-seal skins and 3,000 

 hair-seal skins from Cape Horn and coast of Chili. Sailed again in July, 1833, under Captain Lin- 

 dell, but did poorly. 



Montgomery, schooner, Captain Cliff, sailed from New London in 1833 on a South Atlantic 

 whaling and sealing voyage, and arrived home September 1, 1834, with 700 fur-seal skins and 

 some whale oil and bone. Sailed again in 1834, and returned in 1835 with 1,000 fur-seal skins and 

 200 other skins. 



Only Son, sloop, of Stonington, Captain Cutler, was sealing at Terra del Fuego in 1833. 



Sun, schooner, Captain Trott, sailed from New London in 1833 and arrived home from Falk 

 land Islands September 27, 1833, with 1,000 fur-seal skins and some oil. 



1834. 



Betsey, schooner, Captain Elliot, arrived at New London May 7, 1834, with 1,390 fur-seal 

 skins, 500 pup seal-skins, 74 bullock hides, and some whale oil from the South Atlantic. Sailed 

 again under Capt. G. L. Allyn July 28, 1834, with a crew of twenty-one men on a whaling and 

 sealing voyage to coast of Africa, and arrived home in March, 1836, with 1,800 fur-seal skins and 

 100 barrels of oil. 



Elizabeth Jane, schooner, of New York, arrived home in 1834 from southern seas with 800 fur- 

 seal skins. 



Emily, schooner, arrived at New London in 1834 with 40 fur-seal skins from southern seas. 

 Arrived again in 1835 with 800 fur-seal skins and 200 barrels of sea-elephant oil. 



Henrietta, schooner, of Norwich, Conn., arrived home in 1834 from southern seas with 423 fur 

 seal, 2,946 hair seal, 182 otter, and 102 goat skins. 



Ospray, schooner, arrived at New London in 1834 with 74 fur-seal skins from southern seas ; 

 had sent home about 2,000 fur-seal skins. 



Talma, schooner, arrived at Stonington in 1834 with 1,220 fur-seal skins from the coast of 

 Africa. 



Tampico, brig, Captain Holmes, of Mystic, was on a sealing voyage on the coast of Africa 

 and at the Crozets in 1834 and 1835. Was reported in spring of 1835 with 160 fur-seal skins. 



1835. 



Aaron Howard, schooner, arrived at New London in 1835 from southern seas with 1,000 fur- 

 seal skins. 



