Newfoundland in 1897 - Rumbolt

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knives into minute pieces, then ground finer by a sort of
gigantic sausage-machine, afterwards steamed to extract
the oil, and then exposed for a time in glass-covered tanks
to the action of the sun's rays, and finally barrelled for
exportation. The annual catch of seals is from 200,000
to 400,000.
To Newfoundland this industry is of immense i HI-
FULL-GROWN HARP SEAL.
portance, and, with wise regulative measures, there is
110 reason why the fishing should not be indefinitely
prolonged. At a time when other northern countries are
locked in icy fetters and their inhabitants largely in a
state of enforced idleness, here is an industry that can
be plied by the fishermen of Newfoundland, and by which
in a couple of months from half a million to a million of
dollars may be won.