44G RESULTS. 



Most of the seal taken by me have been females with pup. A few 



male seal have been taken by me, ages ranging 



Jas. Unatajim, p. 271. from 1 to 4 years old, I should think. Some 



yearlings have been taken, a majority of which 



were females also. Very few old bulls have been killed by me. 



Most of the seals taken have been cows with pup. I have taken but 

 a very few old bulls. I have killed plenty of 



Geo. Usher, p. 291. young males, and have taken quite a number of 

 yearlings, but never examined them as to sex. 



Rudolph Walton, p. 272. The majority of seal taken are cows. A few 

 yearlings are killed, mostly females. 



Most all seals taken are females with young. 



Charlie Wank, p. 2io. 



What few male seals are taken are 1, 2, 3, and 

 4 years old. Quite a number of yearlings are taken, mostly females. 



In purchasing fur-seals from hunters I have noticed that not less 

 than 75 per cent of the catch taken previous to 

 M.L.Washburn, p. 189. May 25 are female seals; and from the develop- 

 ment of the teat on the skin were evidently fe- 

 males with pup. After that the catch is mostly young seals; and I 

 paid most attention to the sex. 



Most of the seals captured along the coast are cows with pups in 



them. I have never captured any cows in milk or 



Wathins p. 395. that had given birth to their young that year on 



coast, and I do not recollect of ever having caught 



an old bull. 



Out of 60 seal taken so far this season 46 are females with pup 



and 14 were males. Only 1 yearling seal has 



P. S. WeittenMller, p. been taken this season. Only 1 old bull was 



274. taken this season among the males. I should 



think the male seal taken this year were between 



2 and 3 years old. 



While out hunting this year we caught sixteen seals; one half of 

 them were cows with pup, the remainder were 

 Charley White, p. 395. y ear ji n g S au( | two years old, of both sexes. 



In my captures off the coast between here and Sitka 00 per cent of 

 my catch were females, but off the coast of Una- 

 Miehael White, p. 490. mack Pass there was a somewhat smaller per- 

 centage of females, and nearly all the females 

 were cows heavy with pup, and, in some instances, the period of ges- 

 tation was so near at hand that I have frequently taken the live pup 

 from the mother's womb. 



I think about one half the seal killed by me have been females 



with pup and the balance were divided up be- 



Billy Williams, p. 300. tween yearlings and one .and two year old males. 



Never examined the yearlings as to sex. Have 



never killed an old bull in my life. 



