606 GLOSSARY. 



Hauling Grounds. That portion of .a Eookery frequented by nonbreeding male seals. 



Located back of or to one side of the Breeding Grovnds. 

 Holluschick (plural, HolluscMckie). A corruption of the Russian word "Kholostiak," 



a term used by the natives of the Pribilof and Commander Islands to designate 



a uonbreeding male. Syu. Bachelor and Bog. 

 Holy Seecatch (Rusoian, Polu-saykatch.) A young breeding male seal. 

 Hood Seals. A species of hair-seal. 



K. 



Kench. The act of salting and packing away seal skins in the bins in the Salt Rouses. 

 Killing Grounds. The place to wliich the uonbreeding male seals are driven by the 



natives from the HauUng Grounds and where the seals are killed. Located a 



short distance from the Hauling Grounds. 



M. 



Matka (plural, Matkie.) A female seal over one year old. Syn. Cow, Clapmatch. 



Northwest Catch. The trade term for seal skins of the Alaskan herd obtained by 

 pelagic sealing. Syn. Victoria Catch, and Female Catch. 



O. 



Overdriving. The act of driving seals so rapidly as to cause them to die of exhaus- 

 tion. 



Pelagic Sealer. One engaged in Pelagic Sealing. 



Pelagic Sealing. The act of huuting seals in the water. 



Pinky Skins. Seal skins which are spoiled by reason of the blubber, with which they 



are lined, becoming decayed. 

 Pod. A small group of pups or bachelor seals. 

 Podding. The gathering together into groups, called "pods," of pup seals; or the 



separating a small number of bachelor seals into a group. 

 Pup. A young seal of less than two years old. A Mack pup is a seal less than two 



months or ten weeks old. A gray pup is a pup over two months old. The names 



come from the color of the hair, which changes. 



R. 



Raids. The act of unlawfully landing on Rookery and killing seals thereon. 



Eedriving. The act of driving unmarketable uonbreeding males for several consecu- 

 tive days from the same Hauling Grounds. 



Roller. A term used by. pelagic sealers to designate a seal resting on the surface of 

 the water, a-rolling over every few moments. 



Rookery. A shore on which seals come on laud. It is divided into two parts, Breed- 

 ing Grounds and Hauling Grounds (which see). 



Russian Catch. The trade term for seal skins obtained from the Commander Islands. 

 Syn. Copper Catch. 



Salt House. A house erected for the purpose of salting and packing seal skins and of 

 storing the same on the islands. 



Seecatch (plural, Seecatchie). A corruption of the Russian word "Saykatch," a 

 term used by the natives of the Pribilof and Commander Islands to designate a 

 breeding male seal. Syn. Bull, Wig, and Beachmaster. 



Siberias. A term sometimes applied to the seal skins taken on the Commander Is- 

 lands. Syn. Coppers. 



Sleeper. A term used by pelagic sealers to designate a seal sleeping on the surface 

 of the water. 



Stagy Skins. Seal skins taken from the animal while it is shedding its hair. 



