bearded seal 
Erignathus barbatus 
-25.JulyL-l%6- 
, Devo n Is._U e sec u red q 
seal shot by the Eskimos on the 27th. It was bhot 
"100 yards off^the station with a .22 cal. rifle. 
.Heals skink_to. t he hottom-wh-en_kiiled T - so they _ 
must be shot only on ice or in shallow water where 
they can be easily fished out. In deep water tjjey 
are harpooned-and kept afloat by inflated sealsk in— 
bags. For this seal A1 Duvall paid the Eskimos the 
”equivalent~of a dollar in tobacco, etc. We”obtained 
-the hid-e-,- flipp e rs, skull, and stomach. — This seal — 
is what the Eskimos call "Oojouk", and it arrived in 
this vicinity only about 2 weeks ago. The mounties 
say that ■ -th e -ooj e uk s e al does not grow as l a iy e h ere 
as furthe r south._ 
