96 PELAGIC SEALING. 



Tabulated state- An endeavor is then made " to elucidate the 



ments of white 



hunters. question " under consideration by tabulating a 



number of statements made by white hunters 

 and Indians, some of which are supported by 

 their depositions and others not. " The results 

 of this method of treatment " show that the white 

 hunters affirm that they lose but 4 per cent of 

 the seals they kill, while the Indians give their 

 inconsistencies loss as 8 per cent (Sec. 627). The table en- 



of statements. 



titled " White Hunters" (p. 107) is averaged, 

 while the table entitled "Indian Hunters" (p. 108) 

 is not, for the obvious reason that these Indians 

 (Sec. 627) appear to have lost twice as many 

 seals as the whites, which is in direct contradic- 

 tion of the statements quoted in the Report, 

 where the witnesses speak of both classes of 

 hunters (Sees. 616-621). If the Indian state- 

 ments are to be accepted that 8 out of 100 seals 

 killed by them are lost, and also the statements 

 of Captains Warren, Petit, and others (Sees. 

 616-621) that the white hunters lost five times 

 as many as Indian hunters, then the former are 

 admitted to lose at least 40 per cent of the seals 

 they kill. It is difficult to harmonize this con- 

 clusion with the table entitled "White Hunters" 

 (p. 107), and the evidence thus presented is so 

 contradictory that it is hard to see how any con- 

 clusions could have been reached by the Com- 

 missioners, 



