110 THE PUPS. 



AQUATIC BIRTH IMPOSSIBLE. 



[See also "Birth on Kelp Beds Impossible."] 

 Page 102 of The Case. 



Never heard of a .seal pup being born in the water nor on the 

 land, but have heard they are born on some 



Akato8,p. 237. islands in Bering - Sea. In the winter a few pups 



are driven into the bay by the storms. 



I have never seen a fur-seal pup of the same season's birth in the 



water at sea; neither have I any knowledge of any 



Andrew Anderson, p. 217. being born elsewhere than on a regular rookery. 



Have never known any seal pups to be born in the water nor any- 

 where else in Alaska outside of the Pribilof 

 Peter Anderson, p. 313. Islands. 



We have never seen fur-seal pups about this part of the coast, and 

 have no knowledge of any being born elsewhere 

 Nicoli Apockchee et al, p. than on the rookeries of the seal islands in Bering 

 224- Sea. 



Never have known fur-seal pups to be born in the water, nor have I 

 ever heard of pups being born in the water or 

 Atenas-Kos, p. 237. any where else on Alaska. 



Chas. Avery, p. 218. I do not think that seals can be born in the 



water and live. 



Have never known of pups being born in the 

 Adam Ayonkee. p. 255. water or anywhere else on the coast outside of the 

 Pribilof Islands. 



Q. Have you ever seen any seals born in the water, and is it your 



opinion that it is possible for them to be born in 



Geo. Hall, p. 181. ^ water? _ A# No? sir . tliey are not like sea- 



otter, they being born in the water. A seal is just as helpless in the 

 water, until they are about six weeks or two months old, as a child. 



Wm. Bendt p. 405. And, further, I do not believe it possible for the 



female to give birth to its young in the water and 

 have it live. 



Wilton C. Bennett, p.356. I have never known any seal pups to be born 

 in the water or on the coast anywhere, except on 

 the Pribilof Islands. 



Edward Benson, p. 277. I have never known any pups to born in the 

 water or on the land. 



Never have heard of or seen any pups being born in the water or any- 

 where else on the coast outside of the Pribdof 

 Martin Benson, p. 405. Islands. 



Henry Brown, p. 318. I have never known a black pup to be captured 

 on the coast. 



