INDISCRIMINATE SLAUGHTER. 371 



We can not tell the difference between a male King Easkwa,p. 295. 

 and a female in the water, but kill everything - that 

 comes near the boat. 



The sex of the seal can not be distinguished in Mike EetMsduck} p . 

 the water. Everything is shot that comes near 262. 

 the boat, regardless of sex. 



All killing of seals in the water must of necessity be indiscriminate 

 slaughter, as it is impossible to tell the sex or the 



exact age of a seal until it has been taken into the grands B. King-Hall, 

 boat, whereas on land careful discrimination can p ' 

 be made. 



Hunters use no discrimination in hunting seal, Einkooga, p. 240. 

 but shoot everything that comes near the boat. 



Hunters always kill all seal that come near the C. Elananeck, p. 263. 

 boat, regardless of sex. 



Female and male seals look the same in water, unless it be an old 

 bull, which 1 can tell by its bigness, and 1 shoot 

 everything that comes near the canoe. Jas - Klonac]cet > v- 283. 



I kill everything that comes near the canoe, Robert Kooko, p. 296. 

 regardless of sex. 



I always kill every seal that comes near the Jno. Kowineet,p. 264. 

 boat; hunters use no discrimination. 



My experience is that about four- fifths of all fur-seals killed in the 

 water are lost. I can not tell a male from a female 

 in the water, and when killing them never make Olaf Evam, p. 236. 

 any effort to do so, as the object is to get all the 

 skins possible. 



Have never killed but few old bulls in my life. The only seal that 

 can be distinguished in the water is the old bull, 



which can be told by its size. Everything in George Lacheek, p. 265. 

 shape of seal that comes near the boat are killed 

 if possible, regardless of sex. 



We can not distinguish between the sexes of fur seals in the water 

 at sea, nor do we try to. On the contrary, every- 

 thing in sight is taken if possible, except large E.L.Lawson, p. 221. 

 bulls, whose skins are Avorthlcss. 



It is impossible to distinguish between males and females of the fur- 

 seal species in the water at sea, excepting large 



bulls, and no effort is made to do so. The" object j as . E. Lerman, p. 370. 

 is to get all the marketable skins possible, and the 



killing is consequently indiscriminate. The pelts of large bulls, whose 

 fur is coarse and of little value, and of yearlings of both sexes, whose 

 skins are too small, not being strictly "marketable" skins, they were 

 uot taken. 



