PELAGIC SEALING. 



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An examination of the records of ten vessels sealing off the Japan coast in 1896 

 shows that there were but six days between March 14 and June 30 when seals were 

 not taken, less than half the records being at hand. 



Table showing number of days during the months of March, April, May, and June, 1^96, when pelagic sealing 



•Was carried on off the coast of Japan 



[X = seals taken.] 



