THE SEALING SEASON.
{Br TELEGRAPH. own cobrjssFonkbnt.] . Dunemn, Thursday. ; Tub Bluff correspondent of the Times writes that intimation has been received that the seal season will be reopened about the middle of next year. Certain conditions have been mentioned which are not considered practicable. Seal-hunting is in the nature of a fray, and the sealer, in the midst of a sealeries fight, cannot possibly discriminate nicely as to age,- sex, etc. Captain Bolkms, of the Hinemoa, who visited the off shore islands, kvst week, reports that at tho. Snares he never saw seal life more plentiful. The seals were swarming about the seal caves at the landing. That he takes to be an indication that the more remote' sealeries are being fully stocked. Not so many years ago, 2000 skins wore taken off the Snares in ono hunt..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13870, 2 October 1908, Page 6
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138THE SEALING SEASON. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13870, 2 October 1908, Page 6
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