436 RESULTS. 



Q. What percentage of the cows taken are with pup? — A. In the 

 early part of the season, up to June, all the full- 



Gnstave Isaicson, p. grown cows are with pup. 

 ^ - Q. Did you ever kill any cows whose young were 



born, and were giving milk? — A. That I don't remember taking notice 

 of. I can not answer that question. 



I have hunted seals in the Straits of San Juan de Fuca, forty or fifty 

 miles off Cape Flattery, until about seven years 

 IshM, p. 387. ago; since then I have frequently gone as far 



south as the Columbia River and to the north- 

 ward to the far end of Vancouver Island, and fully one-half of the seals 

 we catch are cows with young in them. I have been out sealing once 

 this year and we captured three seals, one of which, in dividing them 

 up, became mine. The one I got was a full-grown cow with a pup in 

 it. In the months of January and February the pups in the cows are 

 so small that one will not notice whether the cow is pregnant or not 

 unless he cuts her open, but later on in the season it may be observed 

 without cutting them open. 



The female seals go through the passes from the Pacific Ocean into 

 Bering Sea between June 25th and July 15th. 



Victor Jacobson, p. 328. Females killed previous to this time I found with 

 pups, but none with pups after that latter date. 



We began to seal when about 20 miles off Cape Flattery. We worked 

 toward the northwest and captured between (30 

 James Jamieson, p. 329. and 100 seals on the coast, about two-thirds of 

 which were females, with pup ; the balance were 

 yearlings consisting of male and female; after which we ran into Bar- 

 clay Sound for supplies, from which place we worked to the northward 

 toward the Bering Sea. We captured about 80 seals while en route to 

 the sea; about two-tbirds of these were females, with pup, the balance 

 being yearlings about one-half male and one-half female. 



We began sealing off Barclay Sound and caught three skins only, all 

 of which were females with pup. * * * 



In hunting along the coast, I think about 80 per cent of those we 



caught were females, and most of them were carry- 



James Jamieson, p. 330. ing their young. We seldom caught any old bulls 



but caught a tew of the younger males. I have 



seen the unborn young cut out of the mother seal and live for a week 



without food. We used to skin some, but threw most of them overboard. 



Q. What percentage of the cows that you kill are with pup? — A. 

 That is pretty hard for me to estimate. Many 

 Frank Johnson, p. 411. |j mes y 01l strike young seals without pup. 



Q. The adult females are all with pup? — A. Yes, sir; I have found a 

 good many old ones that are too old to have pups, extra big size seals. 



A large majority of the seal taken on the coast are cows with pup. 

 A few young males are taken, the ages ranging 

 J. Johmon, p. 331. from 1 to 5 years. Once in a while an old bull 



is taken in the North Pacific Ocean. 



