390 RESULTS. 



obtained. The logs further showed that a large number had been 

 wounded and lost. 



I also ascertained from the logs, and from conversation with masters 

 of sailing schooners, that not one seal out often killed or wounded had 

 been caught. These inquiries I pursued at San Francisco until quite 

 recently. 



The chief killing by poachers was done between the passes of Aleu- 

 tian Archipelago and the Pribilof Islands. 



When spear was used I lost none, and I lose no seal when I use 



the shotgun, for I don't shoot them unless they 

 Alcatoo, p. 237. ^ cloge tQ the boat 



Have always used a shotgun and rifle in taking seal since a young 

 man. I rarely lose any seal I shoot, as I never 



Adam Ayonkee, p. 255. shoot at them unless they are very close to the 

 boat. 



Q. What percentage of seals are taken compared to those you destroy 

 in doing so; in other words, how many do you 



Geo. Ball, p. 482. actually get out of those you shoot? — A. If we 



get three seals out of every five we consider it 

 doing very good work, and so 1 believe do all hunters, even the best 

 of the hunters. 



Q. Is it not a fact that when you first started in the business and 

 was inexperienced in hunting that you, like all other beginners, de- 

 stroyed a much larger proportion than you do now? — A. Undoubtedly 

 we did destroy a much larger proportion than we do now. 



Maurice Bates, p. 277. , Ha T e alw , a / s used a shotgun for taking seal, and 

 lose about 40 per cent ot what I shoot. 



Wilton C. Bennett, p. No seal were lost when struck with spear. 

 356. About 40 per cent of seal shot with shotgun are 



lost, and more when the rifle is used. 



Eda/d Benson, p. 277. I use the shotgun for taking seal. I lose about 

 25 per cent of the seals shot. 



The spear and shotgun have been used by me. But few seal are lost 

 that are struck with spear. About 00 per cent 



Martin Benson, p. 403. are lost when shot with shotgun, and a larger pro- 

 portion are lost when rifle is used. 



On the Pioneer we had a couple of good hunters who would get al- 

 most all they shot at, while some of our hunters 

 Neils Bonde, p. 316. would lose a good many that they would kill and 

 wound. A green hunter will not get more than 

 one out of five, and I have known one hunter on our vessel who shot 

 eighty shots and got only four seals. Indian hunters that use spears 

 seldom lose any that are struck, and there is no wounded to go away 

 and die. 



Henry Brown, p. 318. In 1890 our hunter in the stern boat secured 00 

 seals, and lost over 200 seals that he wounded. 



