426 RESULTS. 



Q. Lots of times there are not nearly as many? — A. No, sir; not near 

 as many. 



Q. Of what sex are the seals taken by yon, or usually killed by hunt- 

 Daniel McLean, p. 443. in §' vessels in the North Pacihe and Bering Sea?— 



A. Females. 

 Q. What percentage of them are cows? Suppose you catch 100 seals, 

 how many males would you have among them? — A. About 10. 



The seals killed by me were about half males and half females. 



Have killed but one old bull in my life. I have 

 Frcdk. Mason, p. 284. killed quite a number of yearling seals, but never 



examined them as to sex. 



Q. Do you know of what sex the seals were that you have taken in 



the Pacific and Bering Sea? — A. Mostly females. 



Frank Moreau, p. 468. Q. What percentage of the skins you have 



taken were cows? — A. I should judge about 90 



per cent. 



Niles Nelson, p. 469. I can not give the exact estimate of the sex, but 



I know that a large portion of them are females. 



We find pups in the cow seals up to the time they get to the Pribi- 

 lof Islands in June, but when they come off the 

 Niles Nelson, p. 470. Pribilof Islands they have bred, and are in milk 

 for the remainder of the killing season. 



In going up the coast to Unamak Pass we caught about 400 seals, 

 mostly females with young, and put their skins on 

 John Olsen, p. 471. board the Danube, an English steamboat, at Ala- 

 tack Bay, and after we got into the Bering Sea 

 we caught 220. We had 200 at the time the lieutenant ordered us out 

 of the sea, the remainder we caught after. 



We began sealing off Cape Flattery and captured about 300 seals 



along the coast, most all of which were females 



Charles Peterson, p. 345. and yearlings. We did not capture over 50 males, 



all told, on this voyage. * * * 

 About 00 per cent of all the seals we captured in the water were 

 female seals. We caught 350 seals along the coast, all of which were 

 females excepting 20. 



I can not tell you from the appearance of a seal in the water whether 



it is a male or female, but most all of the seals we 

 AdolphusSayers,p.m. kiUed in tbe water wepe femaleg> 



Showoosch, p. 243. The majority of seal killed by me have been 



cows ; have killed a few small males. 



Q. Do you know of what sex the seals were that you have taken in 



the Bering Sea? — A. Females. 

 Gustave Sundcall, p. 480. Q. What percentage of the skins you have 



taken were cows? — A. About 90 per cent or more. 



Jno. C. Tolman, p. 222. From what I have been able to learn the ma- 

 jority of seals taken around Kodiak are females. 



