INDISCRIMINATE SLAUGHTER. 375 



Hunters use no discrimination, but shoot everything that comes near 

 them. Their sex can not be told unless in the 

 < a se of an old bull, which is distinguishable by Jack Sitka, j}. 268. 

 its size. 



The sex of the seal can uot be told in the water. I kill everything 

 that comes near my canoe in shape of a seal, and m -,-,-, 



all other hunters do the same. TI,omas * koa ' l > *• m ' 



Always shoot everything that comes near the Geo. Skultka, p. 290. 

 boat in shape of a seal, regardless of sex. 



My orders were to kill them indiscriminately, everything I ran 

 across. It is impossible to tell a female from a 

 male in the water, unless it is an old bull. Jas - sloan > *• in - 



Hunters use no discrimination, but shoot every- Fred Smith, p. 349. 

 thing that comes near the boat. 



It is impossible to distinguish between male and female seals at sea, 

 even if the hunters so desired, except in the case 

 of full-powered bulls, when they are readily recog- j« . W. Smith, p. 233. 

 nizedby their greatly superior size. Large bulls 



are rarely taken. No distinction is thought of by pelagic seal hunters, 

 and the killing is done indiscriminately, the object being to secure as 

 many skins as possible. 



Sex of seal can not be distinguished in the water. We use no dis- 

 crimination in hunting; shoot every seal that 



comes near the boat. Seal are most always shot iVm. H. Smith, p. 478. 

 in the head if it is possible; if not they are shot in 

 the body where exposed. 



I can not tell the sex of the seal in the water unless he is an old 

 bull. A hunter will blaze away at anything he 

 sees in the water. F. ""• Soron, p. 479. 



Hunters use no discrimination, but shoot every- Joshua Stickland, p. 

 thing in shape of a seal that comes near the boat. 3o0 ' 



Second. The sexes can not be distinguished in the water, except old 

 males, and both sexes and all sizes are killed indis- 

 criminately. z - L - Tanner, p. 374 



All seals are killed that come near the boat, regardless of their sex. 

 I never look to see whether I have killed a male 



or female seal until I have the seal dead in the 2Q f- Thlkahdaynahkee, p. 

 boat. 



Hunters use no discrimination in killing seal, W. Thomas, p. 485. 

 but kill everything that comes near the boat, re- 

 gardless of sex. 



The sex of the seal can not be told in the water when hunting. We 

 use no discrimination, but kill everything in the Charlie Tlaksatan, p. 

 shape of a seal that comes near the boat. 270. 



