PELAGIC SEALING THE SOLE CAUSE OPINIONS. 315 



They have become so since the white man and the trader began to shoot 

 them with shotguns and rifles. In a short time there will be no seals 

 left for the Indian to kill with the spear. 



Fur-seals were formerly much more numerous than of late years, 

 and are each year becoming constantly scarcer. 

 I believe this decrease is due to the number of Vassili Feodor, p. 230. 

 vessels which are engaged in hunting them at sea. 



And when I was a young man there were lots of seals around Queen 

 Charlotte Islands, but now they have become 

 scarce. The last few times I was out after them Frank, p. 293. 

 1 did not see a seal. They have been growing 



scarcer every year since the white man began hunting them in schoon- 

 ers. 



Fur-seal are not as plenty as they used to be, and it is hard for the 

 Indians to catch any. I think there are too many 

 white men in schooners hunting seals around Dix- Chief Frank, p. 280. 

 ons Entrance, 



Since the white men have been hunting the seal 

 with schooners they have become very scarce, and TMke Frank, p. 294. 

 it is hard for the Indians to get any in their canoes. 



Seal have decreased on the coast very fast the last four years. The 

 reason of the decrease is too much hunting and 

 indiscriminate killing. Chad Geor ^ e ' P- 3G5 - 



The seal are becoming very scarce, caused, I chas. Gibson, p. 281. 

 think, by the white men hunting them too much. 



Seal are becoming very scarce this last three or four years and Indian 

 hunters can hardly kill them now. Too many 

 schooners are hunting seal, and Indian hunters Gonastut, p. 238. 

 have to go a long way in their canoes in order to 

 get any, and they seldom kill one. 



Have noticed that seals are decreasing the last four years, caused, 

 I think, by too many white men hunting seal in j as . Gondowm, p. 259. 

 the waters of the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. 



Fur-seals have decreased in numbers of late years, and we believe 

 it is due principally to the large number of vessels Nicoli Gregoroff et al., 

 hunting them at sea. p- 234. 



The seal are not nearly as plentiful as they once Henry Haldane, p. 287. 

 were, and I think they are hunted too much by 

 schooners. 



Seals are not as plentiful now as they were before white men com- 

 menced hunting them with guns around here some 

 six or seven years ago. They are more shy now Alferd Irving, p. 387. 

 and it is much more difficult for the huuters to 

 creep up and spear them than it was a few years ago. 



