734 INVESTIGATION OF THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 



"Mr. Grosvenor. That is all I wanted to know. 



"Mr. Lembkey. They also know the age of a seal from his appearance." 



Manuscript notes, page 59 : 



"Mr. Clark. 1 These experts can tell a 4-year-old from a 3-year-old, can they? 

 "Mr. Lembkey. By looking at him. 

 "Mr. Clark. By looking at him? 

 - "Mr. Lembkey. Yes. 

 "Mr. Clark. They are pretty expert. 

 "-Mr. Needham. Are these killers 'natives' ? 



"Mr. Lembkey. Yes; they are natives. I can state positively that they arrive at 

 that degree of experience." 



Upon their "expert knowledge" the following separation of the 

 young bachelor seals was made July 3-16, 1912: it shows an over- 

 whelming majority of " 1 and 2-year-old" seals, and strangely enough 

 Clark, while he keeps the 3-year-olds, the 4-year-olds, and the 5-year- 

 olds apart in this list, he runs the " 1 and 2 year olds" together — why? 

 Why, when the 1-year-olds are the easiest to distinguish apart of any 

 one class! Note the following, on page 235 of his manuscript 

 report of 1912, to wit: 



July 3. 

 Reef. — A drive was made this morning from reef to begin the marking of the breeding 

 reserve of 2,000 males, with the following result: 



Animals clipped 353 



Rejections: 



Small (1 and 2 year) 906 



4-year-olds 51 



5-year-olds 33 



6-year-olds 8 



7-year-olds 7 



Total driven 1, 358 



[Page 237.] 



July 4. 



A drive for marking seals was made this morning from Tolstoi and handled at the 

 head of the lagoon. Following are the results: 



Clipped 3-year-olds 50 



Rejections: 



l's and 2's 119 



4'e 18 



5's 12 



6'b 9 



7'e 2 



Total driven 210 



[Page 240.] 



July 5. 



Zapadine. — A drive was made from this rookery for marking the breeding reserve 

 of males with the following results: 



Marked (3-year olds) 93 



Released: 



1 and 2 year olds 299 



4-year-olds 25 



5-year-olds 10 



6-year-olds 5 



7-year-olds 1 



Total driven 433 



' Hon. Champ Clark, Mo. 



