Natives selecting a drive View over hauling grounds of holluschickie or bachelor seals at English Bay Looking from Tolstoi dunes. Drawing by H. W. Elliott
Natives driving the holluschickie. The drove passing over the lagoon flats. Heading to the killing grounds under the village hill, Saint Paul's Island. Drawing by H. W. Elliott
The killing gang at work. Method of slaughtering fur-seals. On the killing grounds near the village, Saint Paul's Island. Drawing by H. W. Elliott
Preparing fur-seal-skins for shipment. Fig. 1. Interior of salt-house, Saint Paul's Island. Natives salting and assorting the pelts. Fig. 2. The flensed carcass of a fur-seal and the skin taken therefromFig. 3. A bundle of skins ready for shipment.
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