374 RESULTS. 



I can not tell the difference between a male and female seal in the 



water, and I shoot every seal that comes near the 

 Ntkla-ah,p.288. Qaao ^ 



Sex can not be distinguished while the seals are in the water, nor do 



the hunters try to do so, for they kill everything 

 Nelson T. Oliver,p.372. they can s]l()()t 



Osly,p. 39. I am unable to tell the sex of the seal while it is in 



the water, unless it be an old bull with a long wig. 



I never have captured any full grown cows on the coast that were 



barren, and seldom see any old bulls and can not 

 Wilson Parker, p. 392. teU t]ie sex <)f - ., se;(l in t]w water# 



It is impossible to distinguish the male seal from the female when 

 they are in the water at a reasonable gunshot 

 Chas. Peterson, j>.345. distance 



Yearlings are rarely taken in North Pacific. The age or sex of a 

 seal in the water can not be distinguished, except 



W. Booerts,p. 241. that when close the apparent size is an indica- 

 tion of age. 



W. Boherls p. 242. No discrimination is shown in taking seal. The 



object is to take every one possible. 



I use a shotgun to hunt for seal. Have lost very few seal, as I al- 

 ways shoot them near the boat. Everything in 



Eondtus p. 242. shape of a seal that comes near the boat is killed. 



I use no discrimination. 



Everything in the shape of a seal that comes near the boat is shot. 

 Hunters use no discrimination, but kill every- 

 Abcl Rijan,p. 299. thiug tliat putg it hea( j ., 1)ov6 water . 



It is impossible to distinguish a male from a female seal in the water. 



except in the case of a very old bull, when his size 

 L. G. Shepard,p. 189. distinguishes him. Therefore open-sea sealing is 



entirely indiscriminate as to sex or age. 



Seal hunters shoot all seals that they can, because they are paid so 

 much a skin, whether large or small, male or I'e 



Wm. Short, p. 34:8. male. It is impossible to distinguish the sex of 



the seal in the water, except the old ones. 



All seal are killed that come near the boat. I never stop to consider 

 whether it is a male or female, but kill it off if 1 

 Jack Sh ucky, p. 289. „„ n 



I can not tell the sex of a seal in the water, but 

 Martin Singay, p. 348. shoot everything that comes near the boat in shape 

 of a seal. 



