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FUR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 



of CroHH Hill. A Hhort drive, and only 

 wliut ho wiintH lor ca<;li day's work, Ih 

 driven. He wayH tLat lie could kill every 

 <lay three, oi' lour tinns as many as lui 

 does il h<' had tlie men here to handle 

 the skniH. He takes nothing l)ut large 

 skins, nothing under 7 pounds. 



will have no hollus( hickie, to kill tomor- 

 row. Webster killed on the 1.5th 1,8:^8 

 more. 



* ' ■ The driving up hero has radi- 

 cally altered lor the worse since 1872-1874. 

 It is a ujore raking and scrajiing now ol' 

 the rookery margins, no killahle seals 

 anywhere else. The parade llelds of this 

 on(;o magnificent 1 > reeding ground are j)os- 

 itively vacant to-<lay; grass and Howcrs 

 growing and springing up every whi'r«5 all 

 over tluiiu. 'i'lu! hoUuschickio, as they 

 hauled to-day, did not occupy more spa(;o 

 than .5iM) feet hy r>(} feet in depth upon 

 all the entireextent of this imiuense habi- 

 tat of \ST2\ and the drive of .".,()()() seals 

 which we saw on the killing grounds had 

 been scra])ed from seven ditferent points 

 ba«-k of the rookery betwc^en the base of 

 Hutcliinson's Hill and tliesoutheaHttermi- 

 UU8 of the breeding grounds ou the point. 



