DESTEUCTION OF PREGNANT FEMALES. 431 



Not quite half of all seals caught along.the coast are cows with pups 

 in them. About half are young seals, both male 

 and female, and the rest (a small number) are Charlie, p. 305. 

 medium-sized males. We never get any old bulls 



worth speaking of, and we do not catch as many gray pups now as 

 formerly. Have not caught any gray pups this year. Do not know 

 what has become of them. Have never caught any full-grown cows 

 without pups in them, and have never caught any cows in milk along 

 the coast. 



Most of the seals killed by me have been fe- Simeon Ckin-koo-ton, p. 

 males with young. * * * 



The few male seals taken by me I do not know their ages. Quite 

 a number of yearlings are taken, the majority of which are females; 

 have taken a few bulls in my life. 



Of those secured, the larger part by far were fe- 

 males, and the majority of these were pregnant Julivs Christiansen, p. 

 cows. 2i[K 



Most of the seals taken by me have been females with young. A 

 few male seals have been taken by me, their ages 

 ranging from one to five years old. Killed three Peter Church, p. 257. 

 large bulls during my life. 



A great many years ago we used to catch about one-half cows and 

 one-half young seals. I never caught any seals 

 along the coast that had given birth to their Circus Jim, p. 380. 

 young and that had milk in their breasts. I 



never captured any barren cows. * * * And we secured ten seals 

 in all, five of which had pups in them. I know this because 1 saw the 

 pups when we cut the carcasses open. * * * The other five seals 

 were smaller and probably male and female. 



When sealing along the coast it is seldom that I have seen or cap- 

 tured an old bull. I have caught quite a large r „, 7 , 



i .f™ - »„ t a ±\ 'James Clanlanhoo, p. 



number ot gray pups or yearlings, and they are o sl , 1 ' L 



about equally male and female. About one-half 



of all seals that I have caught in the strait or on the coast were full- 

 grown cows with pups in them, and I have never caught a full-grown 

 barren cow, nor one that had given birth to her young, and was in milk. 



About half the seals killed by me have been cows with pup. I never 

 shot but two old bulls in my life. Have shot a 

 few yearling seals. The young male seals 1 have William Clark, p. 293. 

 killed were between two and three years old, I 

 think. 



The seals we catch along the coast are nearly all pregnant females. 

 It is seldom we capture an old bull, and what 

 males we get are usually young ones. I have fre- Christ Clausen, p. 320. 

 quently seen cow seals cut open and the unborn 



pups cut out of them and they would live for several days. This is a 

 frequent occurrence. 



