170 COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



J. S. Faiuuvg. — Four years' experience as hunter; shoots at sleeping 

 Bcals when 12 to 15 yards from them, and at travelliui!,' seals when 30 to 

 40 yards away. 



fF. T. Bra(ig. — Eight years' experience; shoots at sleeping seals 

 ■when about 20 feet from them, and gets as close as possible to a 

 "traveller." 



195 Ca2)imn 0. Buchholz. — Three years' experience ; master mariner, 

 but hunts as well ; shoots at sleeping seals when within 15 yards 



of them, and travellers when about 2.3 or 30 yards off. 



Ji. 8tarrat. — Three years' experience as hunter; shoots at a sleeping 

 seal when about 15 yards from it, and never at a travelling seal when 

 more than 50 yards away. 



IV. Cowie. — Two years' experience — one as boat-steerer, and one as 

 hunter; shoots at a sleeping seal when from 10 to 20 yards from it, 

 and at a traveller never when it is more than 40 yards away. 



I<\ Campbell. — Three years a boat-puller and boat-steerer, and two 

 yenrsa hunter; shoots at sleeping seals when 10 to 15 yards from them, 

 and at travellers never when more than 50 to 60 yards from them. 



J. Brown. — Six years' experience; one as hunter; shoots at sleeping 

 eeals when 15 or 20 yards from them, and at travelling seals never 

 when more than 40 yards away. 



W. De Witt. — Four years' experience as hunter; uses both shot-gun 

 and rifle. He shoots at sleeping seals at from 10 to 15 yards range, 

 and at " travellers " at from 30 to 40 yards. *' I seldom use a rifle, and 

 then only at travellers. Most of the seals I lost by sinking were 

 'travellers' shot at long range." 



IF. G. Goiidie. — Five years a seal-hunter; shoots "sleepers" at from 

 10 to 20 yards' range, and "travellers" at from 20 to 100 yards. 



J. H. Haake. — Three years a hunter; shoots at a sleeping seal when 

 12 or 15 yards from it, and says the average distance at which hnnters 

 shoot at "travellers" is about 35 yards. 



<i. F. French. — -Three years' experience as hunter; shoots sleeping 

 eeals when 10 or 12 yards from them; "travellers" he shoots at 30 to 

 60 yards range. 



O. Scarf. — A hunter of six years' experience says: "I use the rifle a 

 great deal. I shoot 'sleepers' with the gun at 10 or 20 yards' range, 

 and travelling seals with the rifle at as long range as 100 yards. The 

 seals I have lost are principally in this way." 



F. JF. Stronfj. — P^our years' experience; uses only a shot-gun, and 

 shoots "sleepers" from 10 to 20 yards, and " travellers" from 25 to 

 75 yards' range. Fully 80 per cent, of all the seals got by him were 

 " sleepers." 



IF. Shields. — Seven years' experience as a hunter; shoots at a sleep- 

 ing seal when about 15 yards from it, and at a travelling seal when 

 not more than 60 yards away, that is, with a shot-gun. Nearly every 

 one prefers a shot-gun to a rifle, but a good shot will do as well with 

 a rifle. "I myself would trust as much to a rifle as a shot-gun, 

 because when a bullet hits a seal it is sure to kill it, and we seldom 

 fail to get the seal." 



C. A. Williams. — Five years' experience; shoots at a seal when from 

 6 to 55 yards from it. 



J. Hall. — Two years' experience; shoots "sleepers" from 12 to 14 

 yards' range, and "travellers" from 25 to 40 yards' range. 



196 W. FeU'ings. — Six years' experience; shoots sleejiing seals at 

 from 10 to 15 yards' range, according to the state of the water. 



"I shoot travelling seals at from 40 to 60 yards. About one-third of 

 the seals I get are * travellers,' and most of those lost are of this 

 class." 



T, H. Brown. — One year a boat-steerer and four a hunter. Shoots 

 at a sleeping seal when about 15 yards from it, and most of the seals 

 lie gets are "sleepers." 



N. Morrison. — Four years a hxinter. Shoots sleeping seals at ranges 

 of from 10 to 30 yards, and "travellers" all the way from 40 to 100 

 yards. Most of the seals I lose are "travellers." 



J. Christian. — Two years' experii-nce as hunter. Shoots at sleeping 

 seals when 15 to 20 yards from them, and at "travellers" and breach- 

 ing seals when 20 to 50 yards away. About two-thirds — perhaps 

 more — of the seals I got were shot sleeping. 



M. McGrath. — One year's experience. Shoots at seals when 20 to 3o 

 yards from them. Seldom, if ever, more than 30 yards away, but at 

 Bleeping seals at much shorter range. 



