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It is impossible to distinguish the male seal from tLe female when 

 they are in the water at a reasonable gunshot distance. (Charles 

 Peterson.) 



Yearlings are rarely taken in North Pacific. The age or sex of a seal 

 in the water can not lie distinguished, except that when close the appar- 

 ent size is an indication of age. (W. Roberts.) 



I use a shotgun to hunt for seal. Have lost very few seal, as I always 

 shoot them near the boat. Everything in shape of a seal that comes 

 near the boat is killed. L use no discrimination. (Eondtus.) 



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

 Hunters use no discrimination, but kill everything that puts its head 

 above the water. (Abel Ryan.) 



It is impossible to distinguish a male from a female seal in the water, 

 except in the case of a very old bull, when his size distinguishes him. 

 Therefore open-sea sealing is entirely indiscriminate as to sex or age. 

 (L. G. Shepard.) 



All seal are killed that come near the boat. I never stop to consider 

 whether it is a male or female, but kill it off if I can. (Jack Shucky.) 



Hunters use no discrimination, but shoot everything that comes near 

 them. Their sex can not be told unless in the case of an old bull, which 

 is distinguishable by its size. (Jack Sitka.) 



The sex of the seal can not be told in the water. I kill everything 

 that comes near my canoe in shape of a seal, and all other hunters do 

 the same. (Thomas Skowl.) 



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

 regardless of sex. (George Skultka.) 



Hunters use no discrimination, but shoot everything that come near 

 the boat. (Fred Smith.) 



It is impossible to distinguish between male and female seals at sea, 

 even if the hunters so desired, except in the case of full-powered bulls, 

 when they are readily recognized by their greatly superior size. Large 

 bulls are rarely taken. No distinction is thought of by pelagic sealers, 

 and the killing is done indiscriminately, the object being to secure as 

 many skins as possible. (John W. Smith.) 



I can not tell the sex of the seal in the water, unless he is an old 

 bull. A hunter will blaze away at anything he sees in the water. (E. 

 W. Soron.) 



Hunters use no discrimination, but shoot everything in the shape of 

 a seal that comes near the boat. (Joshua Stickland.) 



All seals are killed that come near the boat, regardless of their sex. 

 I never look to see whether I have killed a male or female seal until I 

 have the seal dead in the boat. (M. Thlkahdayuahkee.) 



Hunters use no discrimination in killing seal, but kill everything that 

 comes near the boat, regardless of sex. (W. Thomas.) 



The sex of the seal can not be told in the water when hunting. We 

 use no discrimination, but kill everything in the shape of a seal that 

 comes near the boat. (Charlie Tlaksatan.) 



Hunters use no discrimination in taking seal, but kill everything that 

 pokes its head out of the water near the boat. (John C. Tolmau.) 

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