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8. On the 9tli day of said month of'July the '• Dolphin" be^an catch- 

 ing seals in Behring Sea, then being in ninth latitnde rA° 18', and'uest 

 longitnde 108° 40', and from said !>th day of July until the afternoon 

 of tlie IL'th day of said month of July the " Dolphin" caught twenty- 

 eight seals in said Behring Sea. 



9. That on the afternoon of the 12th day of July, A. d. 1887, the United 

 States steam-ship "Richard Hush" seized the said steam-schooner 

 "Dolphin" while lawfully pursuing the (sbjects of said voyage, and 

 then being in north latitude 54° 38', and west longitude 107° 3', and 

 abont 42 miles from Ounalaska Island, the nearest land, for an alleged 

 violation of the laws of the United States res[)ectiiig seal fishing in the 

 waters of Alaska. That when said seiznre was made the "Dolphin" 

 was lawfnlly i)nrsuing the objects of said voyage. When the Com- 

 mander of the said " liichard Ensh " made the said seizure he told me 

 that his instructions Avcre to seize everything he found in the sea, or 

 words to the effect. 



10. After seizure all the fire arms and ammunition on board the 

 " Dolphin" were taken on board the said " Ivichard Hush," a Lientenant 

 from the latter placed on board the " Dolphin," under whose com- 

 mand the "Dolphin" was taken to the Uloolook Harbour at 



20 Onnalaska Island, in the United States Territory of Alaska. 

 After arrival there the <!18 seal-skins on board the "Dolphin" 

 were, by order of the United States authorities thereat, taken out and 

 stored. About 2,(!00 lbs. of salt were also taken out, for resalting the 

 seal-skins. On the 2()th day of said Jnly the "Do]])hin" sailed from 

 Uloolook Harbonr on Ouimlaska Island for Sitka, in tlie said Territory 

 of Alaska, where she arrived on the 31st daj- of said numth of July. 



11. On arrival at Sitka the "Dol[)hin" was taken charge of by 

 United States lAfarshal Atkins, of the said Territory of Alaska. As 

 master of the "Doli)hiu" I, with the nnite, the said .John Keilly, were, 

 on the 10th day of August then next following, taken before a Judge 

 and bound over to appear for trial on the 22nd day of August, A. i). 

 1887, on a charge then read over to us of having violated the law of 

 the United States of America respecting seal-fishing in the waters of 

 Alaska. We so appeared on the 22nd day of August for trial, and 

 from day to day thereafter, for our trial on said charge. We so appeared 

 thereafter for trial day after day until the 0th day of September follow- 

 ing, when, without any trial on said charge or any other charge what- 

 ever, we were unconditionally released. From our arrival at Sitka on 

 the 31st Jnly until the 10th day of Augnst following, when we were 

 taken before the Judge, no effort was made to restrain us or in any way 

 deprive us of liberty. The crew of the "Dol]ihin" lived on board her 

 all the time of their stay at Sitka, and when leaving to return to Vic- 

 toria by the United States steam ship "Eichard Hush" took from the 

 "Doli)hin" suflicient provisions and supplies for the trip. 



12. That hereto annexed, marked "(A)," is a statement of the value 

 of the steam-schooner "Dolphin" at the time of her said seizure; also of 

 the articles, and groups of articles, comprising her outfit on and for 

 said voyage, all of which, excepting only what had been consumed in 

 the prosecution of the voyage, were on board at seizure, as well as con- 

 siderable extra sujjplies and stores not mentioned in Exhibit (A); also 

 of the amount of premiums paid for insurance on the hull, cargo, and 

 outfit of the " Doljihin" for and dnring said voyage; also of the amount 

 of wages paid to the crew and hunters of the " Dolphin" on said voy- 

 age up to the time of her seizure, and of the expenses of the master and 



