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  SEEVIOE. 
  

  

  157 
  

  

  KILLING 
  OF 
  SEALS. 
  

   St. 
  Paul 
  Island. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  the 
  killing 
  this 
  year 
  was 
  strictly 
  for 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  

   native 
  residents, 
  no 
  drives 
  were 
  made 
  on 
  St. 
  Paul 
  except 
  from 
  Reef 
  

   Rookery, 
  wliich 
  is 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  village, 
  whither 
  the 
  animals 
  could 
  

   be 
  driven 
  and 
  the 
  flesh 
  of 
  the 
  carcasses 
  distributed 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  

   native 
  famihes, 
  or 
  from 
  Sea 
  Lion 
  Rock, 
  whence 
  the 
  carcasses 
  could 
  

   be 
  taken 
  to 
  the 
  village 
  in 
  boats. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  125 
  seals 
  were 
  

   killed 
  at 
  North 
  East 
  Point 
  to 
  furnish 
  fresh 
  meat 
  to 
  sea-hon 
  hunters, 
  

   fox 
  trappers, 
  and 
  guards 
  at 
  that 
  place, 
  but 
  these 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  

   isolated 
  pods 
  of 
  bachelors 
  without 
  disturbing 
  the 
  large 
  body 
  on 
  the 
  

   hauUng 
  ground. 
  The 
  bachelors' 
  hauhng 
  grounds 
  at 
  Zapadni, 
  

   Tolstoi, 
  and 
  Halfway 
  Point 
  were 
  not 
  disturbed 
  unless 
  when 
  visits 
  

   were 
  made 
  to 
  these 
  rookeries 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  observation. 
  

  

  Details 
  of 
  the 
  kilhngs 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table: 
  

  

  Statistics 
  op 
  Killing 
  on 
  St. 
  Paul 
  in 
  1912-13. 
  

  

  St. 
  George 
  Island. 
  

  

  Within 
  the 
  seahng 
  year 
  ending 
  August 
  10, 
  1913, 
  8 
  seal 
  drives 
  

   were 
  made 
  on 
  St. 
  George 
  Island, 
  from 
  which 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  326 
  seals 
  

   were 
  killed. 
  Within 
  the 
  same 
  period 
  the 
  native 
  guards 
  at 
  Zapadni 
  

   killed 
  12 
  seals 
  for 
  food, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  338 
  for 
  the 
  year. 
  Of 
  this 
  

   number, 
  336 
  sldns 
  were 
  shipped 
  on 
  the 
  Homer 
  August 
  8, 
  1913. 
  Two 
  

   skins, 
  taken 
  August 
  5 
  by 
  guards 
  at 
  Zapadni, 
  being 
  too 
  green 
  to 
  bundle, 
  

   were 
  held 
  over 
  until 
  next 
  year. 
  

  

  Statistics 
  of 
  Killing 
  on 
  St. 
  George 
  in 
  1912-13. 
  

  

  