288 SEAL LIFE ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



Everything was killed that caine near the boat; we did not use any 

 discrimination. (George McAlpiiie.) 



The sex can not be distinguished in the water unless it be the case 

 of an old bull, which is distinguished by its size. Everything is killed 

 ill the shape of a seal that comes near the boat. (J. D. McDonald.) 



When we find weather we are out in the boats killing all the seals we 

 can get. We can not hunt in rough weather. (William Mclsaac.) 



Sex of seal can not be told in the water. We use no discrimination 

 and kill all seal that come near the boat. Seal are not shot in any par- 

 ticular place; shoot them in the head if possible; if not, in the body. 

 (James McKeen.) 



It makes no difference if a seal is a male or female; we shoot every- 

 thing that comes near enough. (Edward Maitland.) 



I know it to be the custom of seal hunters to shoot seals at sea when 

 they are at rest upon the surface of the water, and that those generally 

 obtained are females, and constitute but a very small portion of those 

 killed and lost. (John Malowansky.) 



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

 can not tell the sex of a seal till after it is dead. (Frederick Mason.) 



We hunted with shotguns and shot them mostly when they were 

 asleep on the water, or any chance we could get. I was a boat puller, 

 and the hunters shot at everything in sight. (Henry Mason.) 



We generally tried to kill them while asleep in the water, but fired at 

 everything that came around us. (Thorwal Mathasan.) 



I use no discrimination in shooting seals ; shoot everything that conies 

 near the boat, and all other hunters do the same. (G. E. Miner.) 



Q. If awake, do you shoot them while breaching? A. Yes, sir; we 

 shoot at them anywhere, either while they are breaching or heads up, 

 or any way. (Frank Moreau.) 



We shot at everything in sight. We killed more females than males, 

 and we lost a good many that we killed. (Eddie Morehead.) 



Shoot everything that comes near the boat in shape of a seal, and use 

 no discrimination. (Matthew Morris.) 



The sex of the seal can not be told in the water. Hunters use no 

 discrimination, but kill everything they can. (Nashtau.) 



We shoot everything that comes near the canoe in shape of a seal, 

 regardless of sex. The sex can not be told in the water unless it be an 

 old bull. (Dan Nathlan.) 



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

 We can not tell a male from a female in the water. (Joseph Neishkaitk.) 



I can not tell the age or sex of a seal in the water. (Niles Nelson.) 



I can not tell the difference between a male and female seal in the 

 water, and I shoot every seal that comes near the canoe. (Ntkla-ah.) 



Sex can not be distinguished while the seals are in the water, nor do 

 the hunters try to do so, for they kill everything they can shoot. (Kel- 

 son T. Oliver.) 



I am unable to tell the sex of the seal while it is in the water, unless 

 it be an old bull with a long wig. (Osly.) 



