352 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 
The Creamy White Seals, the so-called Crab-Eating Seals, 
and the Mottled Grey Seals (Ross’s Seal), were in greatest 
abundance; these lay four, five, or even ten on a single 
piece of pack ice; the greatest number I saw on one piece of 
ice at a time was forty-seven. On one occasion we found 
some seals on a tilted berg, and so high was the ledge above 
the level of the water that our men clambered up with 
difficulty and secured their prey. This illustrates their 
great power of jumping out of the water. I have seen them 
rising 8 or 10 feet above the sea, and cover distances of fully 
20 feet in length. 
The mode of progression of true seals is well known, but 
althouch on terra firma man can easily outrun them, yet on 
the pack they glide onward while their pursuer sinks deeply 
into the snow. 
The present aie had never seen man, and at his 
approach they did not attempt to flee, but surveyed him 
open-mouthed and fearful, during which process they were 
laid low with club or bullet. Sometimes they are so lazy 
with sleep that I have seen a man dig them in the ribs 
with the muzzle of his gun, and, wondering what was 
disturbing their slumbers, they raised their head, only too 
quickly to fall pierced with a bullet. Seldom did they 
escape—one bullet meant one seal. On the last day of 
sealing we were among a great host of the large Sea 
Leopards, and as we were returning to the ship they were 
moaning loudly. This was said to be a sign that they were 
about to start on a long journey; but was it not rather a 
sigh of relief when they saw their slaughterers’ craft run 
up her bunting, and announce to all that she was a full 
ship, and that her thirst for blood was quenched ? 
While we continue to require sacks, while we persist in 
wearing patent leather shoes, and while we satisfy our 
fancies with certain purses and card-cases, the slaughter 
of these seals will continue. But I would here publicly 
protest against the indiseriminate massacre which takes 
place in order to supply blubber, as well as hides, for the 
purposes indicated. Old and young, females with young, 
are slaughtered alike, and should this continue, these seals, 
