  In order to examine how narrow emission-line flux ratios depend on the
Seyfert type, we compiled various narrow emission-line flux ratios of 355
Seyfert galaxies from the literature. We present in this paper that the
intensity of the high-ionization emission lines, [Fe VII]6087, [Fe X]6374 and
[Ne V]3426, tend to be stronger in Seyfert 1 galaxies than in Seyfert 2
galaxies. In addition to these lines, [O III]4363 and [Ne III]3869, whose
ionization potentials are not high (< 100 eV), but whose critical densities are
significantly high (> 10^7 cm^-3), also exhibit the same tendency. On the other
hand, the emission-line flux ratios among low-ionization emission lines do not
show such a tendency. We point out that the most plausible interpretation of
these results is that the high-ionization emission lines arise mainly from
highly-ionized, dense gas clouds, which are located very close to nuclei, and
thus can be hidden by dusty tori. To examine the physical properties of these
highly-ionized dense gas clouds, photoionization model calculations were
performed. As a result, we find that the hydrogen density and the ionization
parameter of these highly-ionized dense gas clouds are constrained to be n_H >
10^6 cm^-3 and U > 10^-2, respectively. These lower limits are almost
independent both from the metallicity of gas clouds and from the spectral
energy distribution of the nuclear ionizing radiation.
