ORAL ARGUMENT OF SIR RICHARD WEBSTER, Q. C. M. P. 113 



Last year, 1891, when the "City of San Diego" was crossing Behring Sea from 

 Amntka Pass to Copper Island, we passed small bands and bnnches of seals travel- 

 ling rapidly north-easterly. This took place on three dift'creut days. The last lot we 

 met Avere abont 150 miles from the Co])per Islands. I am fnlly satisfied they were 

 crossing Behring Sea to the Pribilof Islands. This was between the 5th and the 12th 

 July 1891. 



Then De Witt, the next but one: 



I have been over to the Copper Island grounds twice, in 1891 and 1892. In 1891 

 the " VMva" crossed Beliring Sea from about 20 miles north of Amntka Pass to the 

 Copper Island grounds. I saw seals scattered all the way over. This year the " Sea 

 Lion" went oAer outside the Aleutian Islands. I saw seals in about the same way 

 all the way over. 



Then Captain Charles Cami^bell : 



I went over to the Asiatic side of Behring Sea last year and this year, last year 

 through Behring Sea, this year outside. Last year we saw seals on the way across 

 whenever the weather was fine. There was no way of telling Avhen we saw the last 

 of the seals that frequent the Pribilof Islands, and met the first of those that were 

 going to the Commander Islands. 



Then Thomas Brown : 



Last year and this year I hunted on the Asiatic side of Behring Sea in the summer. 

 On the way across last year through " the Sea" we saw seals whenever it was line, and 

 got some, and this year we saw some seals south of the Aleutian Islands as we went 

 across. 



I need not read more of these, and I come a little lower down to. 

 Captain James W. Jood. 



In September last [on " Enterprise"], on my voyage home from the Asiatic side, I 

 saw seals in mid-ocean 200 miles east-south-east of Attn Island. 



That is south of the Aleutians, and I need not have read that. 



When ordered out [of Behring Sea] in 1891, I was about 30 miles northward of 

 Unimak Pass. I at once sailed across the sea westward to the Copper Island 

 grounds, following a course along the 55th parallel north latitude. I saw seals all 

 the way across to the Commander Islands. Some of the seals were .sleeping, others 

 travelling, some east, some west, most of them going east. 



Then if you will turn over to page 26. 

 Maurice Edwards. 



I went over to the Russian side of Behring Sea last year [1891], and I saw a few 

 scattered seals all the way across. 



Then the 4th, turn down: 

 William Edwards. 



Last year [1891] I went over to the Russian side of Behring Sea; we saw a few 

 seals all the way across. 



The next man, Captain Thomas O'Leary: 



I went across to the Russian side of the Behring Sea last year [1891]. We found 

 a few seals nearly all the way across. 



Then George Wester. 



In travelling from the American to the Asiatic side of Behring Sea from the middle 

 of June to the middle of July, I have seen seals all the way across on fine days. 



And then on the next page, last but two, captain Andrea McKiel 

 says that : 



In 1891, the "Maud S", after being warned, sailed across Behring Sea in nearly a 

 direct line between the Pribilof Islands and the Commander Islands. I saw seals 

 every day on the voyage over. 



Then the next voyage, is passing south. I need not refer to that. 

 Mr. Macouu, when sailing across the Behring Sea in the year 1892 (I 

 read from his Report at page 138 of the first volume of the Appendix 

 to the Counter Case) says: 



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