380 RESULTS. 



Chas. CampMl, p. 256. Experienced hunters lose very few seal that are 

 shot, but beginners lose a great number. 



The Indian hunters, when they used spears, saved nearly every one 

 they struck. It is my observation and experi- 



( Christ Clausen, p. 320. ence that an Indian, or a white hunter, unless very 

 expert, will kill and destroy many times more than he will save, if he 

 uses firearms. It is our object to take them when asleep on the water, 

 and any attempt to capture a breaching seal generally ends in failure. 



As to the percentage of seals lost in pelagic sealing where the use of 

 firearms is employed, I am not able to state of my 

 w. c. Coulson, p. 415. own observation, but from conversations with those 

 engaged in the business I am of the opinion that 

 the number secured is small compared with those lost in attempts to se- 

 cure them. 



None were lost when the spear was used. When the shotgun is used 



„. 7 . T . ,,,. „ Q sometimes they are lost. A few mure are lost 

 Charlie Dahthn, p. 278. , . ^ . J , 



when rifle is used. 



Were I engaged at present in sealing I should prefer the spear to the 

 rifle or shotgun, and I believe its use is not near 

 Jas. Dalgarduo, p. 361. gQ destni ctive to seal life. 



Geo. Dishow,p.323. Old hunters lose but very few seal, but begin- 



ners lose a great many. 



The Indians have always hunted seal with a shotgun, and I am sorry 

 T „ r 07Q to say that they have killed a great many more 



than they secured. 



Ellabush,p.38o. In hunting with the spear I get almost all the 



seals that I hit. 



From the ammunition we furnished them I learned that some of the 



hunters on an average used from two to three rounds 



Ceo. Fogel,p.m. of shot tQ a seal? while ot h ers uset l fr om forty to 



fifty rounds. 



Chief Frank, p. 280. Have always used the shotgun for killing seal, 



and but very few are lost. 



Chad. George, p. 365. Have always used spear for taking seal, and but 



very few are lost. 



I have heard the hunters say that they lost more seals than they got. 



I also heard them say if they got all the seals they 



Geo. Grady, p. 433. g^^ at ^y. wou j t i have been home three months 



ahead of time, with a great deal larger catch. 



A very large number of shots are thrown away. In the case of the 

 Thistle, in her voyage of 1801, she brought in but 



E.M.Greenleaf, p.'32o. 9 skins, while her hunters had fired away 2G0 

 pounds of shot. She had poor hunters. 



