gunner

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/30005

gunner [-]picking up scattered seals[-] [-]lakes of clear blue water[-] Here the old seals began to show themselves, here and there in the open spaces, and the gunners began to prepare their weapons for action. A certain proportion of every sealing crew are shipped as gunners, whose business it is to shoot and capture the old seals (the hoods, as they are called). the guns are long, rough, heavy weapons - a long barrel and -> [reverse] large [-]bone[-] bore - and / 21 carrying a heavy charge of powder and shot. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit MAY. 3 1977 PRINTED ITEM AUG 1959 rock-flower _Epilobium angustifolium_ Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I Reverse of card at G_15443.