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half the cows we get have paps in theDi, the rest are young females or 

 old cows without pups. Do not get many old bulls on the coast, but 

 we get more of them the farther north we go. We do not get many old 

 cows without pups in them." 



21 Kach-lcach-ah, or " Peter," of the village of Sechart, states that 



five or six years ago he took more males than females, but that 

 now about the same number of each is taken. 



jSheivish, of the village of Sechart, says: "Generally, hunting along 

 the coast, we get of males and females about the same, but this year I 

 got more males than females." Most of the males were about 3 years 

 old. " About half the cows would have pups in them, and the others 

 would be young cows." 



Clat-ka-Jcoi, or "Billy," of the village of Sechart, states that in a day 

 he would sometimes get six males, and sometimes six females. " Small 

 seals are mostly young bulls, and sometimes in a day we would get 

 nothing else. I have seen as many as twenty-five taken in a day. Some 

 years we get a good many grey pups, and other years they are scarce; 

 this year there were very few." 



KicMana, who heard all that was said by Olat-ka-koi, thinks as he 

 does about the seals. 



Click lahou-to, or "Joe," of the village of Alberni, says: "Hunting 

 from the shore I would get about four males out of seven killed, and of 

 the three females two would have pups in them. . . . Along the 

 coast have sometimes got large cows not having pups and not in niilk." 

 . . . In Behring Sea he thinks he has killed more males than females, 

 and of the females killed there were many that ^ere not in pup, and 

 were without milk. 



Keshuqua and Clatcher, who were present when Click-la-hou-to gave 

 his evidence, agree with him in all he said. 



Glat-misk, residing at the village of Opechessit, says: "Along the 

 coast and in the Sound I have always got more males than females. 

 . . . The i)ups are mostly bulls. I got quite a few pups this year. 

 I did not get any old cows this year that did not have pups in them, 

 but have seen plenty. . . . The grey pups are always bulls. . . . 

 I have been twice in Behring Sea, and I got more males than females, 

 and they were all half-grown or large bulls, and all the cows I got had 

 milk in them, but no pups." 



Wahlca, or "Billy," Nahwyalc, or "Tom," Claphightup, Tsaivassup, or 

 " Joe," of the village of Alberni, say that what Olat-misk said about 

 seals along the coast is what they think about them too, and Too-tooch, 

 who has been in Behring Sea, agrees with what Clat-misk says of seals 

 there. 



JEhenchesut, commonly called "Dick," of the village of Alberni, states 

 that along the coast about the same number of males and females are 

 got; of the females a half would have pups in them, and the rest would 

 be young cows; have got a few old ones without having pups in them. 



Annetz-a-cheet, or "Jack," of the village of Okoolah, says: "On this 

 coast and in the Sound sometimes we get more females than males, but 

 this year I got more males than females." 



Louis Annetz-a-vheet, "Louis," having heard the evidence of his 

 brother read over to him in his own language, says that it is his 

 experience as well. 



Sat-la-cuntl, or "Charlie," of the village of Ucluelet, got about the 

 same number of males as females altogether, but as he went north he 



