448 RESULTS. 



REASON PREGNANT FEMALES ARE TAKEN. 



Page 208 of The Case. 



Martin Benson, p. 405. I think cow seal are tamer than young male 

 seal. 



A cow seal that's heavy with pup is sluggish, and sleeps more soundly 

 than the males, and for that reason they are more 

 Henry Brown, p.S18. rea dily approached. 



They are very tame after giving birth to their young and are easily 



approached by the hunters. When the females 



Jas. L.Carthcut, pA09. leave the islands to feed they go very fast to the 



fishing banks, and after they get their food they 



will go to sleep on the waters. That is the hunter's great chance. I 



think we secured more in jn'oportion to the number killed than we did 



in the North Pacific. 



Simeon Chin-koo-tin, p. They sleep more and are less active and more 

 256. easily captured. 



Peter church, p. 257. I think the female seal is less active and more 



easily approached. 



I have noticed that the females, when at sea, are less wild and dis- 

 trustful than the bachelor seals, and dive less 

 Jas. n. Douglass, p. 420. quickly in the presence of the hunter. After feed- 

 ing plentifully, or when resting after heavy 

 weather, they appear to fall asleep upon the surface of the water. It 

 is then they become an easy target for the hunters. 



Pregnant female seals, being heavy and stupid, and sluggish of move- 

 ment, are more easily approached, and in conse- 



A.J. Guild, p. 231. quence a greater proportionate number of them 

 are secured. 



I think the females sleep more on the water and 

 E. Hofstad, p. 260. are less active and mure easily taken than the 

 male. 



When the females are with pup they sleep more, 

 p. Kahiktday, p. 261. are less active in the water, and more easily ap- 

 proached than the male seal. 



Mike Kethusduck, p. Think the female is more gentle and more easily 

 262. taken. 



Think cows are much more plentiful on the 

 Jno. Kowineet, p. 264. coast; sleep more and are more easily captured 

 than the male seal. 



Geo. Lacheek, p. 264. Think cows are less active and require more 



sleep than the young male seal. 



