450 RESULTS. 



It is harder to take an old seal than a young one, 

 W. Roberts, p. 211. the older ones being more on the alert and are 

 not less active when pregnant. 



Jack SMca, p. 268. I think they are taken because they are more 



tame and less active and more easily approached. 



Of the seals killed, from 60 to 70 per cent are females, which, during 

 their northerly migration, are heavy with young, 

 z. L. Tanner, p. 374. slow of movement, and require an extra amount 

 of rest and sleep, thus largely increasing their lia- 

 bility to successful attack. 



I have been told that it is easier to catch the female seal at sea than 

 it is to catch the male seal, but I have no personal 

 Emil Teichmann, p. 581. knowledge of that point. I suppose, however, 

 that there must be some foundation for the state- 

 ment by reason of the fact that so small a proportion of male adult 

 seals are included in what is called the Northwest catch. 



The female seal has more curiosity than the male seal. We catch 

 more seals after two or three days of rough 



Adoiph TV. Thompson, weather, because they are tired, and when it is 

 P' 486 - calm the next day they are tired and lie asleep on 



the water. 



M. Thikaiidaynahkee, The cows are less active, sleep more, and are 

 p. 269. more easily captured. 



Charlie Tiaksatan, p. Cow seals sleep sounder on the water, and are 

 270. less active and are easily captured. 



James Unatajim, p. 271. I think the female is more gentle, sleeps more, 

 and is more easily captured. 



Rudolph Walton, p.272. Cows are more easily captured because they 

 have pups. 



Charlie Wank, p. 273. They are less active, sleep more, and are easier 

 captured. 



P. S. Weittenhiller, p. It is my opinion that female seal are more easily 

 274. captured and appear to be more tame than the 



male seal, and I think sleep more. 



Ninety-live per cent at least of all the female seals killed are either 

 in pup or have left their newly-born pup on the 



Thco. T. Willams, p. islands, while they have gone out into the sea in 

 i93, search of food. 



The result is the same in either case. If the mother is killed the pup 

 on shore will linger for a few days; some say as long as two or three 

 weeks, but will inevitably die before winter. All of the schooners 

 prefer to hunt around the banks where the female seals are feeding to 

 attempting to intercept the male seals on their way to and from the 

 hauling grounds. 



Aside from the greater difficulty of killing and securing the skin of 



