An item referred to tidings received from Hammerfest, Norway reporting the returning of one seal hunter after six weeks with a catch of 740 seals. A second one arrived at Vardó. Norway with a catch of 1.236 seals. Both ships had bee active at the ice border of the White Sea on a distance of 18 miles from the shore. The catch was mainly young seals, seen in large numbers on the ice now very shy. Large seals and walrus were not seen.
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