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:uring the flaying process, when the khorovina has been removed as far
as the front flippers the latter are cut away from the pectoral girdle
at the shoulder-joint and are left with the khorovina for the time being.
When th: fleshy carcass has been separated from the khorovina
the hunter proceeds to free the front flippers from the latter.
humerus is twisted out and the connective tissue is cut through almost
down to the claws, where a circular cut is made. A properly-removed
khorovina has an evenly-cut edge, with two holes where the eyes were and
two ustockingsn with holes where the front flippers were cut out.
When a seal is being flayed no flesh should be left attached to
the blubber and no blubber should be left attached .to the carcass. The
hunter must take particular care in skinning whitecoats only a few days
old, when they do not yet have any blubber and when the hide lies dir-
ectly against the flesh. Careless skinning of whitecoats lowers the
quality of the hides.
After the flaying, the khorovinv (plural of khorovina) are
stacked in small piles, one above another, and tied together by passing
one end of a strap through the holes made by removal of the front
flippers. The piles are hauled to a definite place where the Products
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After a seal has been flayed the fleshy carcass is immediately
cut up.
That process begins with removal of the stomach and intestines.
or that purpose the abdomen is slit open from the thoracic cavity to
the anus. • The entire alimentary tract from the oesophagus to the rectum
is pulled out of the carcass and left on the ice.
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When the abdominal
cavity is freed from the viscera it is wiped clear of blood, and the
gall-bladder and sex organs are removed. The heart, lungs, and kidneys
are left in the abdominal cavity; the liver is taken out, cleaned, and
taken to the ship, where it is preserved with salt as the raw material
for preparation of vitamin concentrates.
Then the rear flippers are chomped off along the line where the
khorovina was cut away; they are taken to the ship, being a goOd source
of glue.
The front flippers, which are more fleshy, are processed along
with the flesh; they are usually packed into the thoracic cavity through
cuts made between the ribs.
Ḻefore the carcasses of fur seals are dressed they are sorted
into age-groups, the criterion being the zoological length from the tip