284 SEAL LIFE ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



The sex of the seal can not be told in the water; I shoot everything 

 that conies near the boat. (Wilton C. Bennett.) 



We kill everything that comes near the boat, and use no discrimina- 

 tion, but shoot them regardless of sex. (Edward Benson.) 



We kill everything regardless of sex; the sex of the seal can not be 

 told iu the waters. (Martin Benson.) 



It is almost impossible to distinguish the female seals from the male 

 in the water unless it is an old bull. (Bernhardt Bleidner.) 



It is not possible to make any distinction between males (other than 

 large bulls) and females of the fur-seal species at sea and there is none 

 attempted. Full-powered bulls are, however, readily recognized at sea 

 by their much larger size and darker fur; they are seldom taken, their 

 pelts being comparatively valueless. The slaughter is therefore indis- 

 criminate, the object being to secure all the skins possible. (J. A. 

 Bradley.) 



We used to shoot at anything we ran across, and got about a third 

 of what we killed or wounded. I do not know how many miles off the 

 seal islands we were when we caught them, as I did not know the dis- 

 tances. (Thomas Bradley.) 



It is not easy to tell a bull from a cow or either from a year-old pup 

 when they are in the water, and the hunters must shoot at all the seals 

 they see. If they get them they are fortunate, for at the best many 

 are lost. Some hunters rarely miss a seal they fire at, but many are 

 wounded, and a seal with a charge of bullets and buckshot in him must 

 be in very vigorous health to recover. Some hunters never miss a seal 

 during the season, but if others get one out of four they wound they 

 are doing well. (William Brennan.) 



It is practically impossible to distinguish the age or sex of seals in 

 the water while approaching them while at a reasonable gunshot dis- 

 tance from them, excepting in the case of old bulls. (Henry Brown.) 



Use no discrimination, but kill all seal that come near the boat. 

 The best way to shoot seal to secure them is to shoot them in the back 

 of the head when they are asleep with their noses in the water. (Peter 

 Brown.) 



I can not distinguish male seals from female at a distance in the 

 water, unless it be an old bull with a long wig. (Landis Callapa.) 



I can not distinguish male seals from female in the water except in 

 the case of an old bull, which is told by its size. Use no discrimination, 

 but kill everything in the shape of a seal that comes near the boat. 

 (Charles Campbell.) 



There is no way of distinguishing the sex of fur seals (except large 

 bulls) in the water at sea, nor do hunters ever make any effort to 

 do so, but, on the contrary, kill all seals they can indiscriminately. 

 (Vassili Chichiuoff.) 



Sex of the seal can not be told in the water unless it be an old bull. 

 All seal are shot that come near the boat, regardless of sex. (Simeon 

 Chin-koo-tin.) 



It is impossible to distinguish the sex of the fur seal in the water at 

 sea, and no effort was made to do so. We killed all fur seals indis- 

 criminately. (Julius Christiansen.) 



