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between 500 and 000 son Is, nearly all females heavy with young. I 

 have seen a young live pup taken out of its mother and kept alive for 

 three or lour days. We sealed from 10 to 1_!0 miles off the coast. 

 (Joseph Dennis.) 



A large proportion of all seals taken are females with pup. A very 

 few yearlings are taken. Never examine them as to sex. But very 

 few old bulls are taken, but live being taken out of a total of 1)00 seals 

 by my schooner. (George Iiishow.) 



We left Victoria the latter end of January, and went South to Cape 

 I.ianco. sealing around there two or three 'months, when we started 

 north to Bering Sea, sealing' all the way up. We had between _M)0 and 

 .'JOO seals before entering the sea, a great many of them being females 

 with pups in them. (Richard Dolan.) 



The Indians left their homes in March and remained away until May. 

 Their hunting lodges were on some small islands outside of Dundas 

 Island. From what they tell me the majority of seals taken by them 

 have been females with young. (William Duncan.) 



We went north to Bering Sea, sealing all the way up, and got 110 

 seals before entering the sea. Most of them were cows, nearly all of 

 which had pups in them. We took some of the pups alive out of the 

 bodies of the females. (George Fairchild.) 



Most all of the females taken are with young, or mothers. (F. F. 

 Feeny.) 



There were cow seals with pup among the seals that 1 have taken, 

 but don't know how many. I have never taken an old bull in my life. 

 (Chief Frank.) 



I think the seals taken by me are about half females with pup, and 

 the rest are 1 and 2 year old males and yearlings; never examined the 

 yearlings as to sex. (Luke Frank.) 



Q. What percentage of the cows you have taken were with pup f 

 A. All that are killed in the Pacific are with pup, and those that are 

 killed in Bering Sea have been delivered of pups on the islands and are 

 with milk. (Luther T. Franklin.) 



Q. What percentage of the cows you have taken were with pup? 

 A. About GO per cent were with pup. (Edward W. Fuucke.) 



Most all the seals taken by me were females with pup. Most of the 

 seals killed in Bering Sea have been cows with milk. Have never 

 taken a bull seal off the coast of Washington, but have taken a few 

 farther north. A few young males are taken off the coast of Washing- 

 ton. (Chad George.) 



I did not pay much attention to the sex of seals we killed in the 

 North Pacific, but know that a great number of them were cows that 

 had pups in them, and we killed most of them while they were asleep 

 on the water. (Thomas Gibson.) 



Most of the seals killed are cows with pup. A few males are killed, 

 averaging from 1 to 4 years old. Have killed but one old bull in my 

 life. A few yearlings are taken, the majority of which are females. 

 (James Gondowen.) 



We captured 03 seals, all of which were females, and all were preg- 

 nant. With regard to pregnancy, I may note that the seals taken off 

 the coast of Vancouver Island were not so far advanced as those taken 



