372 RESULTS. 



Of late yeans most of the catches of northwest skins are sold at a 



certain price per skin, without particular exami- 



Isaae Liebes, p. 453. nation. The dealers, knowing the location from 



which the skins are obtained, make an average 



price, and owners and hunters are, therefore, less particular than they 



were in former years as to the class of animals they capture. They kill 



everything they see without regard to age or sex, their only object 



being to swell the total number of the catch to the highest possible 



tig are. 



I am unable to tell a male seal from a female while in the water, un- 

 less it be an old bull with a long wig. 



Formerly, we used to hunt seals for food and 

 Jas. Lighthouse, p. 389. sold the skins to traders for $2 or $3 each, but for 

 the last few years we have been getting big prices 

 for the skins and Ave catch all we can without regard to size or sex. 

 Ten years ago I seldom saw a white hunter shooting seals, but now the 

 sea is full of them and they are banging away all the time, getting some 

 but killing and wounding a great many they do not get. 



But of course you could not tell when you shot a seal lying asleep 

 whether it was a male or female. We shoot at all 



Caleb Idndahl,pA56. the seals we get a chance, but it is only the ones 

 that we find asleep that we catch. 



It is impossible to distinguish the sex of fur seals at sea (excepting 

 large bulls), and no effort is made to do so, the 



E. W. LittlejoJm,2>. 457. object being to secure all the skins possible; hence 

 the killing is indiscriminate. 



Wm. n. Long, p. 458. It is impossible to tell the sex of a seal in the 

 water. 



Geo. He Alpine, p. 266. Everything was killed that came near the boat; 

 we did not use any discrimination. 



The sex can not be distinguished in the water unless it be the case 

 of an old bull, which is distinguished by its size. 

 J. D. McDonald, p. 266. Everything is killed in the shape of a seal that 

 comes near the boat. 



When we had fine weather we were out in the boats killing all the 



seals we could get. We could not hunt in rough 

 Wm. Melsaac,p. 461. weatlief# 



Sex of seal can not be told in the water. We use no discrimination 

 and kill all seal that come near the boat. Seal 



Jas. MvKeen, p. 267. are not shot in any particular place ; shoot them 

 in the head if possible; if not, in the body. 



281. 



It makes no difference if a seal is a male or fe- 

 Edward. Maitland, p. male . we shoot ev^y^ng that comes near 



enough. 



