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74 The Best Sealing Grounds
The Sealing Season commences
in January, when the go to the
N.W. Coast, following the Coast
And the Seals, until they get
to the Cross Sound and from
there to Oonalaska in the
Behring Sea, fishing whereever
they find Seals. They are often
20 to 50 Miles off shore, as they
may require. Boats require from
2 to 3 Men to a Boat. All
White or all Indians. With regard
to an Indian Crew, a schooner
that is capable of 5 Boats, will
readily take 10 Canoes, or 20
Indians. The Seals are paid
for at the End of every day or
catch, either in Cash or Notes.
The food is supplied gratis to the
Indians, (but of a light character)
after they Eat up all their own
The Indians like to Eat Seal
Meat themselves, and are generally
Keep a Supply of Seal Meat on
Land for them. A 50 or 60
ton Schooner is the best you
can get, of good dimensions
and fast, so that she can
clear a lee shore. The Boats to
be what is called "Sea Otter Boats"
Griffin the Boat Builder on Stuart
Strait Knows how to make them
From John Cornish
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American Consul at Hamburg
John M. Bailey
Hamburg
Germany
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Repaired and Used 75
Wrecks
British Barque "Robert Kern"
ran acround in Burrard Inlet
while being toured. Was Examined
and abandoned to insurence and
sold by Davies & [and] Co [company] to the Hasting
Mill Co [company] who will repair her.
She brought $1000.oo
Captain Richardson Canadian Built
Sold on Sept 23 ..... 1885
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British Bark "Arabella" while
in tow of Tug Pilot Craft Douglas
ran on small end of Trial Island
Surveyed and abandoned. Had
489 M- [thousand] feet of assorted lumber
on board, bound for Montevideo.
Capt Williams. Sold on Tuesday
December 29 1885 by Davies & [and] Co [company]
to I. Cowper for Dominion
Saw Mill Co. Vessel Brought
$355 and Lumber $1.55 per M- [thousand]
Lumber is being discharged and
on January 1 1886 it is Expected
the vessel will be saved.
Peter Ettershank as Pilot.
On Saturday January 9 1885
the Bark was floated and
towed into Esquimalt Harbor
with almost 250 M- [thousand] feet of
lumber on board and is now
offered for Sale by
Tender. The Sale of the
Rigging brought good prices
more than vessel and
Cargo brought.
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