434 RESULTS. 



quently the pups were all killed. As I said before, out of 72 seals that 

 1 killed, there were only 3 males. 



Q. What percentage of the cows you have 

 ^Edward w. Funcke, p. taken were with pup ?_A. About (JO per cent 



were with pup. 



Most all the seals taken by me were females with pup. Most of the 



seals killed in Bering Sea have been cows with 



Chad George, p. 365. milk. Have never taken a bull seal oft' the coast 



of Washington, but have taken a few further 



north. A few young males are taken off the coast of Washington. 



I did not pay much attention to the sex of seals we killed in the 



North Pacific, but know that a great many of 



Thos. Gibson, p. 432. them were cows that had pups in them, and we 



killed most of them while they were asleep on the 



water. 



Most of the seals killed are cows with pup. A few males are killed 

 averaging from 1 to 4 years old. Have killed but 



Jas. Gondowen,p. 259. one old bull in my life. A few yearlings are taken, 

 the majority of which are females. 



Nicoli Gregoroff et al., Very few females taken in this region but are 

 ■P- 234 - pregnant. 



We captured 63 seals, all of which were females, and all were preg- 

 nant. With regard to pregnancy, I may note 

 E.M.Greenleaf,p.32i. that the seals taken off the coast of Vancouver 

 Island were not so far advanced as those taken 

 farther north. * * * 



I am acquainted with the hunters and masters who sail from this 

 port, and board all incoming and outgoing vessels of that class.. These 

 men all acknowledge that nearly all the seals taken off the Pacific 

 coast are females, and that they are nearly all with young. 



We began sealing off the northern coast of California and followed 



the sealing herd northward, capturing about 700 



Arthur Griffin, p. 325. seals in the North Pacific Ocean, two-thirds of 



which were females with pup; the balance were 



young seals, both male and female. We captured between 900 and 



1,000 on the coast, most all of which were females with pups. 



About nine out of ten seal killed in a season are females with pup. 



But a very few males were taken, their ages rang- 

 Jas. Griffin, p. 433. ing from 1 to 4 years. But one old bull was taken 



in the season. 



The catch was mostly females. Those we got 



Jos. Grymes, p. 434. in the North Pacific were females in pup, and those 



taken in the Bering Sea were cows giving milk. 



Of the skins taken in this region fully nine-tenths are pregnant and 

 milking females, but I never saw a young pup in 



A. J. Guild, p. 231. the water. Large bulls were never taken, their 

 skins being practically valueless. 



