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dreadful to contemplate. * * * The proportion of loss of seals 

 shot by white hunters in the Otto was quite as great in 1891 as by 

 the hunters in the year before stated. I have never seen any black 

 pups in the North Pacific Ocean. (Louis Culler.) 



When it was rough weather we got one out of six that we killed or 

 wounded, and in smooth weather we could get on an average one out of 

 three and sometimes three out of five. (John Dohrn.) 



On an average, all the hunters got one out of three or four seals 

 that they killed or wounded. There were plenty of seals in the water 

 at that time. (Richard Dolan.) 



We got one out of every five or six that we killed or wounded. We 

 wounded a great many that we did not get. (George Fairchild.) 



When I was a young man the Indians used the spear for taking seals; 

 now they have learned from the white men to use the shotgun. About 

 three out of ten are lost that are shot. (Frank.) 



The hunters used rifles and shotguns. They got about one out of 

 every six they shot at or killed, and sometimes they got none. The 

 great majority of them were females. We used rifles, we had experi- 

 enced hunters on board, and we got one out of every three killed oi 

 wounded. (William Frazer.) 



Q. What percentage of seals are taken compared to those you destroy 

 in doing so? In other words, how many do you actually get of those 

 you shoot? — A. About 30 per cent. 



Q. Is it not a fact, when you first started in the business and was 

 inexperienced in hunting, that you, like all other beginners, destroyed 

 a much larger proportion than you now do? — A. Yes; a little more in 

 proportion. (Edward W. Funcke.) 



Indians lose a less number of the seals shot at and wounded or 

 killed than white hunters. When they use spears they get nearly all 

 they wound. When they use shotguns they do not get more than one 

 out of eight killed or wounded. In conversation with boat steerers 

 and boat pullers I have frequently heard them state that hunters would 

 sometimes fire from 75 to 100 shots without bringing in a single seal. 

 The hunters would claim they secured nearly all they fired at or killed, 

 but it is known that this is not true. It is impossible to say what pro- 

 portion of the seals fired at are killed or wounded, but taking the run 

 of hunters, good and poor, I should say that the best get about 50 per 

 cent of those shot at, while the poorest do not get more than one out 

 of fifteen fired at. (E. M. Greeuleaf.) 



The native hunters used spears exclusively in hunting the seals, and 

 secured fully two-thirds of all struck. I am of the opinion that with 

 firearms not more than one-third of the animals shot are actually 

 secured. (A. J. Guild.) 



Have always used a shotgun for taking seal, and lose about 25 per 

 cent of the seals I shoot. (Henry Haldane.) 



I use the shotgun exclusively for taking seal. About 65 per cent of 

 the seal hit are lost. (Martin Hannon.) 



Q. According to your experience, what percentage of animals that 

 are shot are actually taken by the boats ? — A. That depends a good 

 deal on the man that shoots them. Some fellows will miss four out of 

 five and another may miss three out of five and cripple them. I think 

 on a general average we will get about three out of five. (H. Harmsen.) 



