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rest (a small number) are medium-sized males. We never get any old 

 bulls worth speaking of, and we do not catch as many gray pups now 

 as formerly. Have not caught any gray pups this year. Do not know 

 what has become of them. Have never caught any full-grown cows 

 without pups in them, and have never caught any cows in milk along 

 the coast. (Charlie.) 



Of those secured, the larger part by far were females, and the majority 

 of these were pregnant cows. (Julius Christiansen.) 



Most of the seals taken by me have been females with young. A 

 few male seals have been taken by me, their ages ranging from 1 to 5 

 years old. Killed three large bulls during my life. (Peter Church.) 



A great many years ago we used to catch about one-half cows and 

 OTie-half young seals. I never caught any seals along the coast that 

 had given birth to their young and that had milk in their breasts. I 

 never captured any barren cows. * * * We secured ten seals in all, 

 five of which had pups in them. 'I know this because I saw the pups 

 when we cut the carcasses open. * * * The other five seals were 

 smaller and probably male and female. (Circus Jim.) 



About half the seals killed by me have been cows with pup. I never 

 shot but two old bulls in my life. Have shot a few yearling seals. The 

 young males I have killed were between 2 and 3 years old, I think. 

 (William Clark.) 



The seals we catch along the coast are nearly all pregnant females. 

 It is seldom we capture an old bull, and what males we get are usually 

 young ones. I have frequently seen cow seals cut open and the unborn 

 pups cut out of them and they would live for several days. This is a 

 frequent occurrence. (Christ Clausen.) 



Q. What percentage of the cows you have taken were with pupl — A. 

 About 70 per cent. (Peter Collins.) 



The majority of seals taken are cows with pup; once in a while we 

 take an old bull. A few yearlings are taken also. (Charlie Dahtlin.) 



From 75 to 80 per cent of all the seals takeu were mothers in young, 

 and when cut ©pen on deck we found the young within them. (James 

 Dalgarduo.) 



We had between 100 and 300 seals before entering the sea. Most all 

 of them were females with pups in them. (John Dalton.) 



Of the seals that were caught off the coast fully 90 out of every 100 had 

 young pups in them. The boats would bring the seals killed on board 

 the vessel and we would take the young pups out and skin them. If 

 the pup is a good, nice one we would skin it and keep it for ourselves. 

 I had eight such skins myself. Four out of five, if caught in May or 

 June, would be alive when we cut them out of the mothers. One of 

 them we kept for pretty nearly three weeks alive on deck by feeding it 

 on condensed milk. One of the men finally killed it because it cried so 

 pitifully. (Alfred Dardean.) 



In all my experience in sealing on this coast I have killed but one 

 cow seal that had milk in her breast, and that had given birth to her 

 pup. I have killed a very few barren cows along the coast. Nearly all 

 of the full-grown cows along the coast have pups in them. (Frank 



Davis.) 



We sailed from San Francisco to Queen Charlotte Island, and caught 



