INDISCRIMINATE SLAUGHTER. 367 



It is not possible to make any distinction between males (other than 

 large bulls) aud females of the fur-seal species at 

 sea, and there is none attempted. Full-powered J. A. Bradley, p. 227. 

 bulls are, however, readily recognized at sea by 



their much larger size and darker fur; they are seldom taken, their 

 pelts being comparatively valueless. The slaughter is therefore indis- 

 criminate, the object being to secure all the skins possible. 



We used to shoot at anything we ran across, and got about a third 

 of what we killed or wounded. I do not know 



how many miles off the seal islands we were when Thomas Bradley ,p. 406. 

 we caught them, as I did not know the distances. 



It is not easy to tell a bull seal from a cow, or either from a year-old 

 pup, when thev are in the water, and the hunters 



must shoot at all the seals they see. If they get .^ miiam Vrennan, p. 

 them they are fortunate, for at the best many are 



lost. Some hunters rarely miss a seal they tire at, but many arc 

 wounded, and a seal with a charge of bullets and buckshot in him must 

 be in very vigorous health to recover. Some hunters never miss a seal 

 during the season, but if others get one out of four they wound they 

 are doing well. 



It is practically impossible to distinguish the age or sex of seals in 

 the water while approaching them while at a Henry Brown, p. 318. 

 reasonable gunshot distance from theui excepting 

 in the case of old bulls. 



Use no discrimination, but kill all seal that come near the boat. The 

 best way to shoot seal to secure them : Shoot them 

 in the back of the head when they are asleep with Peter Brown, p. 313. 

 their noses under water. 



1 can not distinguish male seals from female Landis Callapa,p. 379. 

 at a distance in the water, unless it be an old bull 

 with a long wig. 



Can not distinguish the sex of the seal in the water except in the case 

 of an old bull, which is told by its size. Use no 



discrimination, but kill everything that comes Charles Campbell, p. ,256. 

 near the boat in shape of a seal. 



There is no way of distinguishing the sex of fur-seals (except large 

 bulls), in the water at sea, nor do hunters ever 



make any effort to do so, but on the contrary kill Vassili Chichinoffet al., 

 all seals they can indiscriminately. p ' 219- 



Sex of the seal can not be told in the water unless it be an old bull. 

 All seal are shot that come near the boat, regard- Simeon Chin-koo-tin, p. 

 less of sex. 256. 



It is impossible to distinguish the sex of the fur-seal in the water at 

 sea, and no effort was made to do so. We killed Julius Christiansen, p. 

 all fur-seals indiscriminately. 219. 



