seal nThe seals upon this coast are of many species, they are classed and distinguished by names only to be found in the Newfoundland nomenclature, and only understood by the Newfoundland naturalists. Tars, Doaters and Gunswoils and many others brew upon the rocks, in the summer season, and may be called natives. [Letter to Govornor Gambier by J. Bland of Bonavista] 1802 MS cited 1895 PROWSE Hist of Nfld 420 seals...distiguished...in the Newfoundland nomenclature [as] _Gunswails_. [reverse] bedlamers - bedlamers 419 ice - skiffs foot - ropes head - " stand on their legs 420 nativesPRINTED ITEM PRINTED ITEMDNE-cit = [Jars][~shot, ~skin, ~skinner, ~soap, ~twi...