SEAL HUNTING 



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The youug seal is also pursued by foxes, wbich drag it from tL e 

 excavation aud leave nothing but the skin, which becomes a wel- 

 come find for the Eskimo. 



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Fig. 40». Old pattern of book Fm. 410. Seal book of hear'.s claw. Fig. 411. Modern form of 



for drawing out captured seat Actual size, 3 feet. (Museum fiir seal hook. (From a draw- 



Volkerkunde, Berlin. W A e7«.) ing by Kumlien.) 



As the season advances and the rays of the sun become warmer 

 the seals break down the snow roofs and are seen basking beside 

 their holes. The young ones remain with their dams until late in 

 J Tine. 



At this season a new method of hunting is practiced, by which seals 

 are caught Avith greater ease than in winter. The hunter api)roaches 



