246 ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 



The sex of the seal can not be told in the water. Hunters use no 

 discrimination and everything in the shape of a seal that comes near 

 the boat is killed. (Peter Trearsheit.) 



Sex of seal can not be distinguished in the water, except in the case 

 of an old bull, which can be told by its size. Ifo discrimination is used 

 in taking sealj everything that comes near the boat is shot at. (James 

 Unatajim.) 



I always shoot everything that comes near the boat, regardless of 

 sex. We use no discrimination. (George Usher.) 



Sex of seal can not be distinguished in the water. No discrimination 

 is used ill seal hunting; all are killed that come near. (Rudolph 

 Walton.) 



The sex of seal of same age can not be distinguished in the water. 

 The only seal that can be distinguished is an old bull. We use no dis- 

 crimination in seal hunting; everything is killed that comes near the 

 boat. Pelagic hunters have become so plentiful and seals have become 

 so wild that we are obliged to take long shots at them. (Charlie Wank.) 



Our purpose and practice was to take all the seals we could get, 

 regardless of their age or sex, without any discrimination whatever. 

 (Michael White.) 



Everything in the shape of seal that comes near the boat is shot. I 

 can't tell the difference between a young cow and a male seal. (Fred 

 Wilson.) 



The seals are getting wild and hard to catch. There are a great 

 many green hands in the business. We shot at everytliing that came 

 along. We were getting 50 cents for every skin obtained. Our boats 

 went 30 and 40 miles from the schooner. Sometimes they would leave 

 in the morning at 5 and not return until the next day at 4 or 5 in the 

 evening. (John Woodruff.) 



Tlie sex of seal can not be told in the water. No discrimination is 

 used in seal hunting. All seal are killed that come near the boat. The 

 only seal that can be distinguished in the water is an old bull. (Michael 

 Wooskort.) 



I can not distinguish the sex of a seal in the water, but kill every seal 

 that comes near the canoe, if possible. (Billy Yeltachy.) 



I can not tell the sex of a seal in the water, and use no discrimi- 

 nation, but kill everything that comes near my canoe in the shape of a 

 seal. (Hastings Yethnow.) 



We use no discrimination in killing seal, but shoot everything that 

 comes near the boat. What seals we have seen this year are very wild 

 and hard to get at. The cause of their being wild is the indiscriminate 

 shooting of them in the water. (Alf. Yohausen.) 



I use no discrimination, and kill everything that comes near the boat 

 in the shape of a seal. (Paul Young.) 



1 can not tell the difference between a male and a female in the water ; 

 use no discrimination, but kill everything that comes near the boat. 

 (Walker Young.) 



We fired at all the seals we could, regardless of their sex. We got 

 one out of every six or seven we shot at or killed. (George Zam- 

 mett.) 



