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ber to a given area than formerly, 

 the great body of the reserves 

 of 1869 having become reduced 

 one-half." — ("Monograph of North 

 American Pinnipeds," p. 393.) 



10. " It was also apparent that 

 the killing of so many half-bnlls the 

 two previous years had reduced to 

 a mipimum the number that hov- 

 ered in the vicinity of the breeding 

 rookeries, keeping the beach mas- 

 ters in continual alarm." — ("Mono- 

 graph of North American Pinni- 

 peds," p. 394.) 



" The rapid decrease of the re- 

 serves, with the attendant changes 

 in the movements of the seals, 

 caused considerable anxiety. The 

 wise ones among the natives shook 

 their heads ominously, and said 

 they had predicted this from the 

 slaughtering so many half-bulls 

 during the previous three years. 

 I felt this, but could not order 

 differently, the Company having 

 the right to select their own ani- 

 mals." — (" Monograph of North 

 American Pinnipeds," p. 395.) 



" Since 1874, owing to the de- 

 crease in the number of breeding 

 males, a much larger proportion of 

 females receive the males in the 

 water." — ("Monograph of North 

 American Pinnipeds," p. 405.) 



"A residence of seven successive 

 seasons on the island, in charge of 

 these animals, has furnished me 

 with the desired opportunity for 

 determining this surplus product 

 by actual study of their habits and 

 requirements, and the result is the 

 killing of 100,000 per annum does 

 not leave a sufficient number of 

 males to mature for the wants of 

 the increase in the number of fe- 

 males." — (H. E., 44th Congress, 1st 

 Session, Ex. Doc. No. 83, p. 175.) 



" Thus it will be seen the 

 128 method of killing does not 

 admit of the setting apart of 

 a special number and taking the 

 remainder for the cpiota for mar- 

 ket, and tlie only possible way to 

 preserve tlie requisite number for 

 breeding puri)ose8 is to restrict the 

 number to bo killed so lar within 



10. " The whole time I was there 

 there was an ample supply of full- 

 grown vigorous males suthcient 

 for serving all the females on the 

 islands, and every year a surplus 

 of vigorous bulls could always be 

 found about the rookeries awaiting 

 an opportunity to usurp the ])lace 

 of some old or wounded bull, un- 

 able longer to maintain his place 

 on the breeding islands." — (United 

 States Case, Appendix, vol. ii, p. 7.) 



