| Summary: | tow v The sealers are armed with a"gaff," "sculping knife," and "towing-line." . . . a blow on the nose from the "gaff" stuns or kills the young seal. Instantly the knife is at work; the skin and adhering fat are detached with amazing rapidity from the carcase , . . . while the fat and skin alone are carried off. This process is called "sculping" - a corruption, no doubt, of the term "scalping." - Six pelts are rekoned a heavy load to drag over rough and broken ice, often leaping from pan to pan. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN SEP 1970 JH SEP 1970 Used I and Sup Not used Not used [see 'strap'] tow chain, tow line, tow rope, hauling-rope Card marked DNE-cit, but not used
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