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dreadful to contemplate. * * The proportion of loss of seals 



shot by white hunters in the Otto was quite as great in IS'.H as by 

 the hunters in the year before stated. I have never seen any black 

 pups in tlic North 1'acilic Ocean. (Louis ( 'idler.) 



^ hen it was rough weather we got one out of <ix that we killed or 

 wounded, and in smooth weather we could get on an average one out of 

 three and sometimes three out of five. i.John Mohrn.. 



On an average, all the hunters got one out of three or tour >eals 

 that they killed or wounded. There were plenty of seals in tin- wa:er 

 at that time. ; liichard 1 )olan. < 



We ,uot one out of every live or six that we killed or wounded. We 

 wounded a great many that we did not get. ((leor.uc Fairchild. 



When I was a young man the I ndians used tin- spear for taking seals: 

 now they have learned from the white men to use the shotgun. About 

 three out of ten are ht that are shot. ( Frank. 



The hunters used rilles and shotguns. They got about one out of 

 every six they shot at or killed, and sometimes they got none. The 

 great majority of them were females. We used ritles. we had experi- 

 enced hunters on board, and we got one out of every thiee killed or 

 wounded, i William Fra/cr. 



O. What percentage of seals are taken compared to t ho>e you dest roy 

 ill doing so? In other words, how many do you actually get of tho>e 

 you shoot .' A. About ->0 per cent. 



(,). Is it not a tact, when you first started in the business and was 

 inexperienced in hunting, that you. like all other beginners, destroyed 

 a much larger proportion than you now do.' A, Yes: a little more in 

 propo.tion. (Fdward \Y. Funcke.i 



Indians lose a less number of the seals shot at and wounded or 

 killed than white hunters. When thev use spears thev get nearly all 

 they wound. When they use shotguns they do not get more than one 

 out of eii'ht killed or wounded. In conversation with boat steerers 

 and boat pullers i have frequently heard them state that hunters would 

 sometimes tire from 7.~ to H><) shots without bringing 1 in a single seal. 

 The hunters would claim they secured nearly all they tired at or killed, 

 hut it is 'unown that this is not 1 rue. It is impossible to say what pro- 

 portion of the seals tired at are killed or wounded, but taking the run 

 <f hunters, u'ood and poor. I should say that the best o-et about -~>< ( per 



t do not uvt more than one out 



The na t i ve hu n ters used spears exclusively in hunting t he seals, and. 

 cured fiillv two thirds of all struck. 1 am of the opinion that with 



ne third of the animaN >hot are actuall 



otgun for taking seal, and lose about -."> per 

 (Henrv Haldane.) 



I use the >hotgun exclusively for taking <eal. About oT) per cent of 

 ' lie -eal hit are lost. ( Mart in I lannon.) 



O. According to vour experience, what percentage of animals that 

 are shot are actually taken by the boats .' A. That depends a good 

 deal on the man that >hootsthem. Some fellows will miss four out of 

 live and another mav miss three out of live and cripple them. I think 

 on a general average we will get about three out of live. (11. Harmsen.) 



