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THE vessels employed in this fishery are generally built for the purpose at Aberdeen, Greenock, or Dundee; but some obsolete men-of-war have been bought and strengthened to meet the requirements ot the trade. Those steamers built for the purpose range from 170 to 470 tons register, and have screw propellers. The Bear, in which I went, belonging to Messrs. Walter Green and Co., and commanded by Captain Alexander Graham, a sealing master of thirty years' experience, was a new vessel of the largest class, built by Messrs. Stephens, of Dundee, was barquentine rigged, and had compound engines of 110 H.P.
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The Newfoundland Seal Fishery * . Nature 10, 264–267 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/010264b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/010264b0