INDISCRIMINATE SLAUGHTER. 369 



There is no way by which hunters can distinguish sex while the 

 seals are in the water, nor do we aim to do so; 

 the killing is always done in an indiscriminate TKos. Frazer, p. 3G5. 

 way. 



I could not tell whether a seal was a male or female while 

 it was in the water, unless it was an old 



tu 11 Wm. Frazer, p. 427. 



There is no way that I know of to distinguish the sex of a seal 

 when it is in the water. No attempt is made to 

 discriminate the sex so as to kill only males. F ' Feen V> P- 22 °- 



Can not distinguish the sex of seal in the water, Chad. George, p. 3(35. 

 but spear everything that comes near the boat, 

 regardless of sex. 



I have never examined the seal as to sex. I shoot everything that 

 comes near the boat and use no discrimination Chas qi osoii p 281 

 whatever. 



I kill everything that comes near the boat and use no discrimination, 

 as the sex can not be told iu the water, except it 

 be an old bull, which is told by its size. Gonaatut, p. 238. 



Can not distinguish sex of seal in the water. Jas. Gondowen, p. 259. 

 Hunters use no discrimination, and killed every- 

 thing that comes near the boat. 



We have no way of distinguishing fur- seals in the water at sea, as 

 to whether males or females, and do not try to do Nicoli Gre[/oroffet fl , „ 

 so; but kill all we can indiscriminately. 234. 



Every seal is shot that comes near the boat, re- Jas. Griffin, p. 432. 

 gardless of sex; hunters use no discrimination. 



Among all other fur-seals at sea no distinction is possible and none 

 is attempted. The killing is indiscriminate, the 

 object being to secure all the pelts possible. Bulls A. J. Gouid,p. 231. 

 are, however, readily recognized at sea by their 

 larger size and darker fur. 



I always shoot everything that comes near the Henry Haldane, p. 281. 

 boat; can not tell the sex in the water. 



I use no discrimination in sealin g, but shoot Martin Hannon, p. 445. 

 everything chat comes near the boat, regardless of 



sex. 



I can't tell a male from a female while in the Jas. Harrison, p. 326. 

 water, at a distance. 



My experience has been that the vessels employed in hunting seals 

 shoot, indiscriminately, pups, male and female 

 seals, regardless of age or sex; and even should M. A. Healy, p. 28. 

 sealers wish to discriminate in the killing it would 

 not be possible lor them to do so. My study of them in a long ex- 

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