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W. Reay. — Six years' experience as boat-puller and hunter. Shoots 

 at slecpiu.o' seals at from 15 to 20 yards' range, and "travellers" from 

 25 to 50 yards' range. "Over two-thirds of the seals I got were 

 'sleepers.'" 



J. J. lieclcinffJiam. — Two years a boat-steerer, says: "The hunters I 

 have been out with shoot at seals when 15 or 20 yards from them, and 

 there is not time for a seal to sink before the boat reaches it." 



JS. B. Jones. — Five years' experience. Generally shoots at seals when 

 from 15 to 35 yards from tbem. 



W. Hermann. — 25 to 30 yards. 



Captain G. Scott. — Hunts with a rifle and a shot-gun. " With a rifle 

 I would shoot up to 150 yards, and with a shot-gun up to 30." 



G. Wester shoots seals with a rifle when 50 to 100 yards away, and 

 with a shot-gun 25 to 30 yards. 



C. Hartiwen shoots at seals with a shot-gun at from 10 to 30 yards 

 range, and with a rifle at from 30 to 100. 



M. Scott says: "Seals are nearly all shot with a gun, and are mostly 

 all taken at fiom 10 to 30 yards." 



Captain J. S. Worth says: " The range at which I would take nearly 

 all my seals is between io and 30 yards." 



C. Francis shoots at slee])er8 at from 10 to 20 yards' range, and 

 "travellers" at from 25 to 40 yards. 



J. Cohurn shoots at sleeping seals at from 10 to 20 yards' range, and 

 travellers at from 25 to 50 yards. 



Captain C. E. Mocller says: "The range for a gun is from 10 to 

 30 yards, and most of the seals are got between these ranges. With 

 a rifle the range would bo anywhere up to 100 yards." 



L. J. Tliiers says: "Nearly all the seals are killed with a gun, and at 

 a distance of from 10 to 30 yards." 



W. 0. Shaffer uses the shot-gun and the rifle. " Most of the seals 

 are got between 10 and 40 yards with the shot-gun." 

 197 W. F. Fpson says that most of the seals shot are under 15 yards 



yards away. 



F. Crocker says seals are for the most part shot with a shot-gun at 

 froi* 10 to 30 yards' range. 



/P. Conners says : " Seals are mostly shot from 20 to 30 yards' distant 

 with a shot-gun. 



F, E. Peterson gets his seals at from 8 to 30 yards range. 



H. John Lund shoots most of his seals when 15 to 18 yards' distant. 



J. Ford says: "Most seals are killed from 10 to 30 yards' [range]." 



J. W. Creiv says that the seals he gets are mostly at a range of from 

 10 to 30 yards. 



A. McGarva says he shoots at a sleeping seal when 15 to 25 yards 

 from it, and would not shoot at a " traveller" when 90 yards away. 



T. Garner says : " Shot will not kill a seal if it strikes it in the body 

 when more than 40 yards away. I shoot at a sleeping seal when from 

 14 to 18 yards Irom it. Very few rifles are now used." 



Captain J. Gaudin.— 20 or 30 feet. 



Captain S. W. Buclcmann. — 40 or 50 feet. 



R. Hope. — 10 to 30 feet at a sleeping seal. 



Captain C. F. Dillon. — Shoots at sleeping seals when about 12 yards 

 away, and at trarelling seals all the way up to 75 or 100 yards, if a 

 rifle is used; even at that distance the seal is generally got. 



A. Sinclair. — Shoots at sleeping seals when 12 or 15 yards away. 



W. Edwards. — Shoots at sleeping seals when 10 to 12 yards from 

 them; travelling seals when as far as 60 yards from them. 



M. Edwards. — Sleeping seals when about 15 yards away; travelling 

 seals seldom more than 50 or 60 yards away. 



G, F. French. — Shoots at a sleeping seal when within 25 feet of it, 

 but would not shoot at a lively seal when more than 50 yards away. 



W. M. Christian. — Shoots at a sleeping seal when 15 or 20 yards 

 away, and at a " traveller" when 60 or 70 yards away. 



P. Jolibis. — Shoots at sleeping seals when from 4 to 20 feet from 

 them, if there is but little sea on. When the seal is awake and lively, 

 he shoots when 30 or 40 yards away. 



T. O'Leary. — Shoots at a sleeping seal when from 6 to 10 yards from 

 it, and would not shoot at a travelling seal when more than 50 yards 

 from it. 



Captain H. F. Si eic ar d snjfi: "Most of the seals got are 'sleepers/ 

 and are shot at when from 15 to 25 yards from them." 



