SINKING. 409 



When a seal has his nose out of water and you shoot him, he will 

 sink at once, and if you shoot a seal and he turns 

 his nose out of the water, he will sink immediately Fred. Smith, p. 349. 

 and is hard to secure under those conditions. 



Fur-seals taken in the open sea must be struck in moderately calm 

 weather, and picked up immediately afterwards 

 in order to secure them before sinking. J ' W ' Smith > P- 233 - 



A great many seals are lost in hunting them by sinking before the 

 boats can get to them, and a great many are John A . S wain, p. 350. 

 badly wounded and escape. 



A much larger per cent is lost when the rifle is used, as the seal 

 sink very quickly after being shot. * * * 

 When seal are shot dead they sink very ^ Charlie Tlaksatan, p. 

 rapidly. Seal are always shot in the head when 27 °* 

 it is possible to do so. 



If a seal is shot dead he will sink at once. You have got to get to 



them at once, or else you will lose them. The 



object is to wound them so that they will flop jt lpli W ' Thom P son > 



j 4.L x J L P- 486. 



around on the water. x 



When seal are asleep lying with their heads on the water and are 

 killed, they most always float, but if shot as they 



put their heads out of water they sink almost Peter Trearsheit, p. 271. 

 immediately. Always shoot a seal in the head 

 when it is possible to do so. 



If I kill a seal right dead, it sinks almost as quick as a rock, and 

 if it is slightly wounded they run away and are Jhn T 394 



lost. y '*' 



If the seal are instantly killed they sink at once and are hard to 

 secure. Seal are always shot in the head when Jas Unataji 27L 

 possible. 



Some seal when shot and killed dead sink at Rudolph Walton, p. 272. 

 once. 



When seal are killed dead they sink almost Charlie Wank, p. 273. 

 instantly. All seal are shot in the head when it 

 is possible to do so. 



Hunters shoot all seal in the head when it is possible to do so and 

 take their chances of its sinking before they can F St weittenhuier p. 

 reach them. 274. 



A great many that we shoot sink. John Woodruff, p. 506. 



When a seal is shot dead he sinks at once. Michael Wooskoot, p. 

 Seal are always shot in the head whenever it is 274 

 possible to do so. 



