14 THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 



He does not hunt seal in schooners. He began sealing in his canoe 

 just off the west coast of Vancouver Island, shortly after last New 



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Cla t-ka-koi,p. 306. [Clat-ka-koi understands and speaks English 



fairly well.] 



Christ Clausen, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I reside at Vic- 

 toria, British Columbia; occupation, master mar- 

 Christ Clausen, p. 319. iner, and am 32 years of age. I went seal-hunting 

 in 18S9, as mate of the British schooner C. H. 

 Tupper, Capt. Kelly, master. * * * In 1890 I was navigator in the 

 British schooner Minnie. * * * In 1S91 I went as navigator in the 

 same vessel. 



Q. What is your name, age, residence, and occupation? — A. My 

 name is Daniel Claussen; age, 32; I reside in 

 Daniel Claussen, p. 411. San Francisco and am by occupation a seal- 

 hunter. 

 Q. Are you a citizen of the United States? — A. I am; yes, sir. 

 Q. What State are you a resident of? — A. California. 

 Q. Have you been engaged in catching seals in the Pacific and Ber- 

 ing Sea, and for how long? — A. I have been engaged in sealing in the 

 Pacific and in Bering Sea for the last six years. 



John C. Clement, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I reside at 

 Sitka; am 25 years old. Have hunted seal one 



John C. Clement, p. 258. season on the schooner Mollie Adams in the North 

 Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. 



Maxwell Cohen, being duly sworn, deposes and saith : I reside at Fort 



Alexander, Cooks Inlet, Alaska Territory, and am 



Maxwell Cohen ,p. 224. by occupation the agent of the Alaska Commercial 



Company at this place, where I have resided for 



the past twenty-two years, during which time it has been my duty to 



collect and otherwise handle furs and skins of all descriptions for the 



aforesaid company. 



Peter Collins, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am by oc- 

 cupation a sailor and reside in San Francisco. I 

 Peter Collins, p. 413. was engaged as a b< >at-puller during the years 1888 

 and 1889. On both trips I went out on the voy- 

 age of the sealing schooner San Diego to Bering Sea. 



George Comer, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 34 years 

 of age, and a resident of East Haddam, Conn. 



George Comer, p.596. Since 1879 I have been engaged in sealing in the 

 southern hemisphere and was out every year ex- 

 cept two seasons up to 1889. I visited on these voyages Cape Horn, 

 South Georgia, the Islands of Tristan d'Acunha, Goughs Island, the 

 Crozets and Kerguelen islands. I have observed the habits of the seals 

 frequenting these localities, and I spent fourteen consecutive months 

 on one island, called by us West Cliff, located on the coast of Chile, 

 about 100 miles north of the Straits of Magellan. 



