ARGUMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



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Sfafemenfs in Depoftitions tal-cn on 

 behalf of the United states. 



Statements of same Witnesses in 

 Depositions taken on behalf of 

 Great Britain. 



Thorwal Matliason. — As to number of females in coast catch: 



We caught over 1,000 seals oif the 

 coast; most all females, aud a great miiii- 

 ber of them had youug pups in them. — 

 (United States Case, Appendix, vol. ii, 

 p. 3o9.) 



As to number of seals lost: 



It talvcs anywhere from one to twenty 

 shots on the average to secure a seal, and 

 I think we got about three out of five 

 that we kilicd. — (United States Case, 

 Appendix, vol. ii, p. 339.) 



Henry Brown : 



A long de|)o.sition on sealing matters 

 piu'itorting to be made by this witness 

 a])pears in the United States Case, Appen- 

 dix, vol. ii, p. 317, in which he states he 

 was emploved on the schooner " Minnie," 

 ISriO, the " Mascottc," 1891, aud the "May 

 Belle," 1892. 



I told him [the United .States Agent] 

 about three out of five were females. — 

 (British Counter-Case, Appendix, vol. ii, 

 p. 167.) 



He [the United States Agent] did not 

 ask me how many seals were lost by sink- 

 ing, but if he had I wonld have told him 

 very few were lost. Last year, out of 

 243 seals taken by the boat' I was in, 5 

 were lost by sinking; this, 142 were 

 taken, and 3 were lost by sinking. This 

 isabont the usual percentage lost. . . . 

 Tbe first shot kills the sleeping seal if 

 the hunter is any good. — (British Counter- 

 Case, Appendix, vol. ii, p. 167.) 



In 1890 1 was a seaman on the " Minnie." 

 In 1891 a seaman on the "Mascotte." In 

 1892 I was a seaman on the "May Belle" 

 until the 18th April. 



I have never given any statement to 

 any person on sealing matters either at 

 Victoria or any other place. I am posi- 

 tive that I was not in Victoria in the 

 month of April last, and did not then or 

 at any other time or place make any state- 

 ment to any person about sealing.— (Brit- 

 ish Counter-Case, Appendix, a^oI. ii, p. 

 171.) 



Alfred Dardeau. — As to proportion of females: 



Of the seals that were caught off the 

 coast, fully 90 out of every 100 had 

 young pups in them. . . . [InBehriug 

 Sea] most all of them were females that 

 liad given birth to their yonng on the 

 islands. — (United States Case, Appendix, 

 vol. ii, p. 322.) 



I consider half the seals caught by the 

 schooner "E. B. Marvin" [the only 

 sealing-vessel he was ever on] during the 

 time I was aboard of her were females, 

 aud a large proportion of these female 

 seals were barren. — (British Counter- 

 Case, Appendix, vol. ii, p. 181.) 



William Short. — As to proportion of females : 



When cruizing along the coast our 

 principal catch was female seals in pup. 

 . . . Fully 90 per cent, of seals obtained 

 by us in Behring Sea were cows in milk. — 

 (United States Case, Appendix, vol. ii, 

 p. 348.) 



I told him that in some places we got 

 most males, and in others most females. — 

 (British Counter-Case, Appendix, vol. ii, 

 p. 182.) 



151 George Dishow. — As to number of females: 



A large proportion of all the seals taken 

 are females in pup. — (United States Case, 

 Appendix, vol. ii, p. 323.) 



Sometimes I got more males than fe- 

 males, and sometimes more females than 

 males. Taking the years together, I 

 think the catch was about half and 

 half. — (British Counter-Case, Appendix, 

 vol. ii, p. 57.) 



