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something enormous, and the waste of seal life in the water is dreadful 

 to contemplate. * * * 



The proportion of loss of seals shot by white hunters in the Otto was 

 quite as great in L891 as by the hunters in the year before stated. I 

 have never seen any black pups in the North Pacific Ocean. 



The Indian hunters secure at least eight out of every ten of the seals 

 that they spear. They do not make as much noise, 



Louis Culler, p. 322. nor frighten the seals as badly as hunters who 

 use guns. 



When it was rough weather, we got one out of six that we killed or 

 wounded, and in smooth weather we could get on 



John Dalton, p. 418. an average one out of three and sometimes three 

 out of five. 



Joseph Dennis, p. 418. We hunted mostly with shotguns, and captured 

 about one-half that we killed and wounded. 



John Dohm, p. 259. And that twice as many seals are lost as are 



captured. 



On an average all the hunters will get one out of every three or four 



„. , , _> 7 , 1A seals that they killed or wounded. There were 



Richard Dolan, p. 419. , c 1 l . ,, , , ,, , ,. 



' plenty of seals m the water at that time. 



We got one out of every five or six that we 

 Geo. Fair child, pA23. killed or wounded. We wounded a great many 

 that we did not get. 



When I was a young man the Indians used the spear for taking seal; 



now they have learned from the white man to use 

 Frank, p. 294. the shotgun. About three out of ten are lost 



that are shot. 



Luke Frank, p. 294. Have always used the shotgun for taking seal. 



I lose about two out of ten that I shoot. 



The hunters used rifles and shotguns. They got about one out of 

 every six they shot at or killed, and sometimes 



Wm. Frazer, p. 427. they got none. The greater majority of them were 



females. We used rifles ; we had experienced 



hunters on board and we got one out of every three killed or wounded. 



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

 stroy in doing so"? In other words, how many do 

 ^Edward W. Funcke, p. you ac t U ally get of those you shoot?— A. About 

 30 per cent. 

 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 now do? — A. Yes, a little 

 more in proportion. 



Chas. Gibson, p. 281. Have always used the shotgun for taking seal. 



I lose about 33£ per cent of what I shoot. 



