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As to proportion of females : 



85 per cent, of my catch of seals along About 60 per cent. I think -would be 

 the coast of the North Pacific Ocean were about the average run of females, and it 

 females. — (United States Case, Appendix, would run about the same in Behring 

 Tol. ii, p. 409.) Sea. — (British Counter-Case, Appendix, 



vol. ii, p. 139.) 



It is unnecessary to give any further examples, although if this should 

 be required the above could be easily multiplied. 



Sufficient examples have been given to show the unreliable character 

 of a great proportion of the evidence produced by the United States, 

 and with what caution it ought to be received. 



