Post by account_disabled on Dec 14, 2023 14:46:23 GMT 8
A BEAR HUNT The banks of the canal were populated only by birds and especially eiders or eiders abounded, very precious birds and much sought after by all Norwegian and Icelandic hunters. These birds, which are found only in very cold northern regions, resemble our ducks; they have a yellowish white back, belly and neck and a head adorned with splendid green feathers with golden reflections. They are also aquatic, but by feeding on worms and fish, their flesh acquires a flavor that is not too delicious for our palates. Nonetheless, they are fiercely persecuted in all the northern regions, not to kill them, but to deprive their nests of the feathers that the poor birds pluck from their bellies to keep their eggs warm.
Those feathers, which are of a unique softness, of an extraordinary lightness and elasticity, form an article of great trade, being used for the manufacture of pillows and luxury foot covers. At great expense, every year numerous bands of hunters visit the northern beaches of Norway, Iceland and Greenland to harvest. Having discovered the nests, they hasten to plunder Phone Number Data them, trying not to spoil the eggs, nor to deprive them completely of that warm feather, then they return some time later to repeat the theft, nor do they stop until the poor female, now deprived of all the feathers of the chest, do not ask your mate to replenish the nest. However, since the males' feathers are coarser and less valuable, they are finally left alone.
Comparison between Verne and Salgari on the use of baleen as a weapon The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne Part II, Chapter 10 «I did not invent this device, and it is frequently used by Aleutian hunters in Russian America. The baleen you see, friends, when the frost comes I will curve them, I will wet them with water, until they are entirely covered by a layer of ice, which will maintain their curvature, and I will spread them on the snow, after having first wrapped them in a layer of fat. Now, what will happen if a hungry animal swallows one of these baits? The heat of his stomach will melt the ice and the whalebone, as it extends, will pierce it with its sharp points."
Those feathers, which are of a unique softness, of an extraordinary lightness and elasticity, form an article of great trade, being used for the manufacture of pillows and luxury foot covers. At great expense, every year numerous bands of hunters visit the northern beaches of Norway, Iceland and Greenland to harvest. Having discovered the nests, they hasten to plunder Phone Number Data them, trying not to spoil the eggs, nor to deprive them completely of that warm feather, then they return some time later to repeat the theft, nor do they stop until the poor female, now deprived of all the feathers of the chest, do not ask your mate to replenish the nest. However, since the males' feathers are coarser and less valuable, they are finally left alone.
Comparison between Verne and Salgari on the use of baleen as a weapon The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne Part II, Chapter 10 «I did not invent this device, and it is frequently used by Aleutian hunters in Russian America. The baleen you see, friends, when the frost comes I will curve them, I will wet them with water, until they are entirely covered by a layer of ice, which will maintain their curvature, and I will spread them on the snow, after having first wrapped them in a layer of fat. Now, what will happen if a hungry animal swallows one of these baits? The heat of his stomach will melt the ice and the whalebone, as it extends, will pierce it with its sharp points."