114 THE PUPS. 



And I have no reason to believe that the pups are born in the water 

 or that they can be saved in the water if aeci- 

 M.A.Healcy,p.29. denta iiy born there. 



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

 opinion that it is possible for them to be born in 



Wm. Benson p. 484. the water! — A. I think it impossible for seals to 

 be born in the water. 



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



Opinion that it is possible for them to be born in 



Andrew. f. Hoffman, i'-the water? — A. No, sir; I have never seen any 



447, born in the water, and I think it is impossible 



for them to be born in the water. 



Have never known a pup to be born in the water 

 E. Eofstad, p. 260. or anywhere else on the coast of Alaska. 



0. Holm, )>. 368. I have never known any seal imps to be born on 



the water, or on the land anywhere, except on the 

 Pribilof Islands. 



Gustave Isaacson, p. 440. Q. Tn your Opinion, are any of the pups born 

 in the water'.' — A. 1 (hurt think so. 



Q. Or anywhere else except on the seal islands?— A. I don't think 

 so. 



< k >. Have you ever seen any seal pups in the Pacific that were younger 

 than those horn the year previous? — A. Down at Guadaloup Island 

 about three months ago, I killed a cow there that had a pup that was 

 too young to come from the Bering Sea and evidently had been born 

 around there. Thai is about the only case 1 have seen. 



Q. The pups that yon see in the Pacific this year are those born last 

 year. You don't see those born this year? — A. No, sir; L do not. 



I have never killed a cow on the coast that had given birth to her pup 

 and was giving milk, nor have I ever seen a pup 

 Ishka, P . 387. b()1 . n the sarae year. 



Victor JaclcoUon, p. 329. I have never known the fur-seal to give birth 

 to their young in the water. 



And I have never known of anyone faking a young seal on the coast 

 that was born that year, nordowecatch any cow 



.lax. Jamicson, p. 331. seals on the coast that have given birth to their 

 young that year. 



Q. In your opinion, are any of the pups born in the water, or any- 

 where outside of the seal islands? — A. 1 think 

 Frank Johnson, p. 441. (h(iy are , )((ru ((1 , ];|1 . (1# 



,/. Johnson, p. 331. 1 never have seen a pup born in the water, nor 



have 1 ever seen one born on shore outside of the 

 Pribilof Islands. 



Selwish Johnson, p. 388. I have never caught a cow in milk along the 

 coast, nor a small pnp that had been born that 

 year. 



