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[[strikethrough]] 13 [[/strikethrough]] 150 seals killed by 30 Esquimaux hunters in 2-1st months they remained in the neighborhood of Ross Expedition XIX. Nat. H: Appendix [[underlined]] Limacina Arctica. [[/underlined]] A very abundant species; peopling as it were the Polar Seas & constituting the chief source of subsistence to the Greenland Whale. It is indeed most truly wonderful that so small & apparently insignificant an animal can be made to fulfil the most important purposes; from the smallest species of existence to the enormous whale, all derive their food directly [[end page]] [[start page]] or indirectly from this little creature. It is in fact to the inhabitants of the Arctic Ocean what the vegetable kingdom is to the inhabitants of the land - the foundation of animal existence (C) Appendix Natural His (Ross) Pub Lib Ross Arrived at Brentford Bay (Bellott Strait) [[underline]] Aug 16th [[/underline]] 1829 [[encircled]] 117 [[/encircled]] Ross - 4° Pub Lib. Had made arrangement for a trade (Whale Vessel "John") to accompany to Prince R. Inlet & then to fish [[encircled]] 26 [[/encircled]] do.