RESULTS. 19; 



Ler of white hunters in the last few years made Wounding, 

 the seals much wilder than before firearms were 

 used, but it has also added largely to the number 

 of inexperienced hunters engaged in sealing. It 

 is only necessary, in order to show how much 

 the unskillful outnumber the skillful hunters, to 

 refer to the agreement entered into by the mem- 

 bers of the Sealers' Association of Victoria, British 

 Columbia, for the season of 1891; the portion of 

 the agreement referring to this matter is as 

 follows: ''We also bind ourselves not to take 

 more than three experienced hunters in the seal- 

 ing business on each vessel represented by us, 

 said hunters to be engaged at the scale or lay 

 adopted by this Association, as hereinbefore par- 

 ticularly described; and we also agree that all 

 hunters required in excess of the three hunters 

 above mentioned for each vessel shall be new 

 men at the business of seal hunting, and shall be 

 engaged at the same scale or lay hereinbefore 

 mentioned, and this clause shall apply to all ves- 

 sels owned or controlled by the members of this 

 Association, whether clearing from the port of 

 Victoria or other ports in Canada or the United 

 States, or any port where any vessel owned 

 or controlled by any member of this Association 

 may be fitting out for sealing on this coast."^ 



1 See British Blue Book, U. S. No. 1 (1891), C-6253, p. 82, 

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