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Stripping sea-elephant blubber and rolling it in barrels to try-worksSouthwest beach, Herd's IslandDrawing by H

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Stripping sea-elephant blubber and rolling it in barrels to try-worksSouthwest beach, Herd's IslandDrawing by H. W. Elliott after Capt. H. C. Chester

Credit

NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

Collection

Historic Fisheries

History and Methods of Fisheries

Walrus, Seal, Sealion and Sea Otter

Keywords

Walrus, Sea-lion, Sea Otter