156 MANAGEMENT OF THE SEAL ROOKERIES. 



Driving. gie Kusliiii, native priest on St. Paul Island, says: 



''The seals are never driven at a greater speed 

 tlian one mile in tln-ee hours; and the men who 

 do the driving- have to relieve each other on 

 the road because they travel so slow they 

 get very cokL"-^ Other native seal drivers and 

 officials on the islands also speak of the slow- 

 ness of the driving,^ At suitable intervals the 

 herd is halted and seals of the unmarketable 

 age are allowed to separate themselves from 

 the rest and return to the water.^ The greatest 

 care has always been taken not to overheat 

 the animals during a "drive," because the effect 

 is very injurious.* Louis Kimmel, assistant 

 Treasury agent in 1882 and 1883, says: "In 

 every case of a seal being killed on the "drive" 

 I, as Government agent, imposed a fine in order 

 that they might be more careful in the future.^ 

 Frequent stops are made to allow the seals to 

 rest and cool oif.^ A drive is never undertaken 

 while the sun is shining,^ and if the sun unex- 

 pectedly comes out the drive is immediately aban- 



1 Vol. IT, p. 129. 



2 .1. C. Redpath, Vol. II, p. 150. 

 s Charles Bryant, Vol. II, p. 8. 



•• Samuel Falcouer, Vol. II, p. 162; J. IT. Moulton, Vol. II, p. 72. 

 6 Vol. II, p. 173. 



6 J. H. Moulton, Vol. II, p. 72. 



7 J. H. Monlton,Vol. IT, p. 72; A. P. Loiul, Vol. II, p.3S; John 

 Fratis, ^'ol. II, p. 107 ; Walsuu C. Allis, Vol. II, p. 97. 



