68 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Foxes, 111 tuns of oil, and 73 cwt. of bone. The Seals, Foxes, 

 and "Walruses were killed in Hudson Strait, and by the vessels 

 wintering in Pond's Bay. The present price of oil is £23 per 

 tun, and the value of the bone about £2500 per ton. The 

 total value of the produce may be roughly estimated at, say, 

 £18,120. 



In Mr. Haldane's account of the Finwhaling from the northern 

 Scotch ports* mention is made of the interesting fact that six 

 Atlantic Eight Whales were killed in the past season by the 

 steamers from Buneveneader (in Harris), and I am informed 

 that a considerable quantity of this bone has come into the 

 market, brought to New Bedford by an American whaler, but 

 where obtained my informant knows not ; only a few years ago 

 this species was regarded as all but extinct. 



As usual, I have to express my thanks to Mr. Bobert Kinnes, 

 and to Mr. Mitchell's circular, for most of the above statistics. 



* 'Annals of Scottish Nat. Hist.' January, 1907, p. 13. A large bull 

 Sperm Whale was also killed. 



