522 ALASKAN HERD. 



I think sealing should be prohibited for four or five years in order to 

 P. s. Weittenhiller p. £ lve thein a chance to multiply aud become as 

 274. ' plentiful as they formerly were. 



I think there should be a closed season established some part of the 

 year, so they could have a rest, as the constant 



Alf Yohansen, p. 369. hunting of them in the open waters is soon going 

 to destroy tliem. 



Walter Young, p. 303. Unless all sealing is stopped for a number of 

 years the seal, like the sea-otter, will soon become 

 extinct. 



PROHIBITION OF USE OF FIREARMS. 

 Page 256 of The Case. 



Peter Brown, p. 378. I think they will all be killed off if they keep 



hunting them with guns. 



Circus-Jim, p. 387. If so much shooting at seals is not stopped they 



will soon be all gone. 



Christ Clausen, p. 320. It is my opinion that spears should be used in 

 hunting seals, and if they are to be kept from ex- 

 termination the shotgun should be discarded. 



Alfred Irving, p. 387. If they keep on killing them with the guns there 



will be none left in a little while. 



Selwish Johnson, p. 389. If hunted with gnus they will all soon be de- 

 stroyed. 



Moses, p. 310. And I think after awhile they will all soon be 



destroyed if they keep on hunting them with 

 guns. 



PROHIBITION OF PELAGIC SEALING IN BERING SEA. 

 Page 256 of The Case. 



In my opinion open-sea sealing is very destructive, and unless pro- 

 hibited will result in the extermination of the 

 C. A. Abhey, p. 187. speeies at no very distant day. I also believe 

 that it would be utterly useless to protect the 

 rookeries on the seal islands and not protect the seal herd while in Be- 

 ring Sea. 



Q. Do you think of anything else that is of value in regard to this 



seal question that I have not asked you, and if 



Geo. Ball, p. 483. anything you would like to say, you can give your 



opinion about it? — A. Well, I think it is proper 



for the interest of sealing in those waters that the Government should 



take immediate action in the protection of seals in the Bering Sea. 



If they do not protect them in the Bering Sea 

 Wm. Bcndt, p. 404. it will be but a few years before they will be ex- 

 terminated. 



