DESTRUCTION OF PREGNANT FEMALES. 437 



Most of the seals taken are females with pup. T h T , „ oco 



„ . „ i i i 11 • i -ii i Jack Johnson, p. 282. 



Once m a while an old bull is killed. 



Have been out this season, and caught 13 seals around Cape Flat- 

 tery, seven of which had pups in them, the bal- , . , T , „ cc 



J ' , . ii_. t iA i & Set wish Johnson, p. 088. 



ance being young seals, about one-halt each of 



male and female. * * * 



In all of my experience as a seal hunter I have captured but one or 



two old bulls. 



A large proportion of seals killed by me were Johnnie Johntin, p. 282. 

 cows with pup. Have killed a very few old bulls 

 and some yearlings. 



Most of the seal I have taken have been pregnant cows. But a 

 very few young male seal are taken by me along p Eahiktday p ., 61 

 the coast. 



The majority of seal are cows with pup. A few Philip Eashevaroff, p. 

 males are taken, about four or five years old. 2(52 - 



About 50 per cent of the seals taken are cows with pup. Have 

 killed a few old bulls, and have taken a few year- 

 lings every season. EU, 'J Ka8kwa > *• 295 - 



About half of the seals killed are females with pup. Have killed 

 some yearling seals, but never killed an old bull. 

 The young males I killed were between two and Jim Kasooh, p. 296. 

 three years old. 



We caught somewhere about 500 seals before entering the sea, of all 

 kinds. There were a good many females among 

 them; there was a good many more of them than Jas. Eean, p. 448. 

 males, but the exact number I do not know. The 

 old females had young pups in them. I saw them taken out, and a 

 good many of them skinned. 



We sailed from Victoria, British Columbia, and bore due north to the 

 Bering Sea. When we arrived there we had some 

 seventy-five to eighty seals, the greater part of Jas. Kennedy, p. 449. 

 which were females, some of which had pups in 

 them. 



Most of the seals taken by me were females with pup ; have taken a 

 few male seal from one to four years old. A very 

 few yearlings have been killed by me, mostly fe- 2 Jf lke Kctn " S(l " ck > i>- 

 males. 



Those taken in the Bering Sea were nearly all mother seals in milk, 

 that had left their young and were in search of Jas Ki m 



food. 



The majority of seals taken by me were females with pup. Have 

 taken some yearling seals, but never examined 

 them as to sex. Have killed one or two old bulls Robert Eooko, p. 296. 

 in my life. The males I have killed have been 

 one and two years old, I tnink. 



