122 THE PUPS. 



Bowa-chup, p. 376. Seals do not give birth to their young in the 



water nor on the kelp; if they did they would be 

 drowned and die. 



Tli os. Brown (No. 1), p. I do not think that seals give birth to their 

 319. young on the kelp. 



Landis CaUapa,p. 379. Nor do I think that they give birth to their 

 young upon the kelp. 



Charlie, p. 304. Seals do not give birth to their young in the 



water nor on the kelp. 



Nor do they give birth to their young on the water or on the keld. 



I never caught any little black pups along the 

 Circus Jim, p. 380. coast, I used to catch a great many gray ones on 



the coast, but caught but one this year. 



Louis Culler, p. 321. The seals do not give birth to their young in 



the water, nor upon the kelp. 



I have never seen seals born in the water or on beds of kelp, nor do 

 1 believe a young pup could live if brought forth 

 Jas. Dalgarduo, p. 364. at sea. 



Frank Davis, p. 383. Nor do they give birth to their young in the 



water nor on the kelp. 



Jeff Davis, p. 384. They do not give birth to their young in the 



water or on the kelp. 



Did-, or Ehenchcsut, He states that there are no kelp patches outside, 

 p. 306. where seals resort or where they breed. 



Ellabush, p. 385. I have never known pups to be born in the 



water nor on the kelp. 



F. F. Feeny,p. 220. I have never seen nor heard of a seal born at 



sea nor on kelp. 



Wm. Foster, p. 220. I have never seen pups born on kelp beds, and 



I am certain they can not live and thrive on kelp 

 beds. 



We have never seen fur-seal pups of the same season's birth in the 



water or on patches of floating kelp, and do not 

 Nicoh Gregorot et ah, mnk they CQuld be successfullv raised muler such 



conditions. 



Arthur Griffin, p. 326. Nor do they give birth to their young on the 

 kelp. 



It is asserted that the fur-seals give birth to their young also on kelp 

 patches, and lie asleep on their backs, with their 



TV. S. Hereford, p. Si. offspring in their embrace, clasped to their breasts. 

 This is descriptive of the sea-otter, but is not 

 true of the fur-seal. 



