286 SEAL LIFE ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



I kill everything that comes near the boat, and use no discrimination, 

 as the sex can not be told in the water, except it be an old bull, which 

 is told by its size. (Gouastut.) 



(3an not distinguish sex of seal in the water. Hunters use no dis- 

 crimination, and kill everything that comes near the boat. (James 

 Gondowen.) 



We have no way of distinguishing fur seals in the water at sea as to 

 whether males or females, and do not try to do so, but kill all we can 

 indiscriminately. (Xicoli Gregoroff.) 



Every seal is shot that comes near the boat, regardless of sex; hunt- 

 erj use no discrimination. (James Griffin.) 



Among all other fur seals at sea no distinction is possible, and none is 

 attempted. The killing is indiscriminate, the object being to secure 

 all the pelts possible. Bulls are, however, readily recognized at sea by 

 their larger size and darker fur. (A. J. Gould.) 



I always shoot everything that comes near the boat; cannot tell the 

 sex in the water. (Henry Haldane.) 



I use no discrimination in sealing, but shoot everything that comes 

 near the boat, regardless of sex. (Martin Hannon.) 



I can't tell a male from a female while in the water at a distance. 

 (James Harrison.) 



My experience has been that the vessels employed in hunting seals 

 shoot, indiscriminately, pups, male and female seals, regardless of age 

 or sex; and even should sealers wish to discriminate in the killing it 

 would not be possible for them to do so. My study of them in a long 

 experience has not enabled me to positively distinguish the sex of a 

 seal while in the water. It is the custom to pay seal hunters per skins 

 taken ; hence it is the object of the hunters to secure as many as pos- 

 sible, without reference to sex, age, or condition. While hunting they 

 use small rowboats, with two or three men in each boat armed with 

 shotgun and rifle, chiefly the former, and it would be simply impossi- 

 ble for the master or owners, even should they desire it, to supervise 

 ten or a dozen hunters as to the killing of any particular sex or kind. 

 (M. A. Healy.) 



It is difficult to tell the sex of a seal which you shoot at in the water; 

 but you can tell an old seal from a young seal. (William Hermann.) 



It is impossible to distinguish positively between females and males 

 (other than large bulls) in the water at sea, and no effort is made to do 

 so. Full-powered bulls are readily recognized by their great bulk and 

 darker fur. The killing of the fur seals is therefore absolutely indis- 

 criminate, as the object is to secure all the skins possible, irrespective 

 of sex, age, or condition. (Norman Hodgson.) 



Hunters use no discrimination in shooting seal, but kill everything 

 that comes near the boat. They could not discriminate if they wanted 

 to, as the sex can not be told in the water. (O. Holm.) 



Everything in the shape of a seal that comes near the boat is killed. 

 (Jack Johnson.) 



I am unable to distinguish a male seal from a female seal at a distance 

 in the water. (Selwish Johnson.) 



I shoot everything in the shape of a seal that comes near the boat, 

 and use no discrimination. (Johnnie John tin.) 



