THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 25 



James Griffin, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 22 years 

 old, and live in San Francisco. I hunted seal last 

 year in the schooner La Nympha as boat-puller. James Griffin, p. 433. 



W. P. Griffith, being duly sworn, deposes and says he is American 

 born, and has been engaged in sealing during the 

 present season on the schooner Laborador, of Van- W. P. Griffith, p. 260. 

 couver, British Columbia, in capacity of hunter. 



Joseph Grymes, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I reside 

 in Victoria. My occupation is that of a seaman. 

 I made a sealing voyage on the schooner Triumph Joseph Grymes, p. 434. 

 in 1890, as a boat-puller. 



A. J. Guild, being duly sworn, deposes and saith: I reside at the set- 

 tlement known as Soldovoi, on Cooks Inlet, 

 Alaska, and have lived at settlements along the a. j. Guild, p. 231. 

 coast between Sitka and Cooks Inlet for the past 

 eleven years. I am a miner by occupation, but formerly followed the 

 sea. I was for two seasons employed by parties in Port Townsend, 

 Wash., as a seaman on board of sealing schooners clearing from that 

 place. 



Franklin L. Gunther, being duly sworn, says: I am 39 years of age, 

 a citizen of the United States and a resident of the 

 city of New York. For the past twenty-three years franklin L. Gunther, p. 

 I have been with the firm of C. G. Gunther's Sons, 

 and in 1876 I became a member of it. This firm has been in existence 

 and done business in the city of New York under names very similar 

 to its present name since the year 1820; it has always carried on a 

 wholesale and retail fur business. It was one of the first firms to in- 

 troduce seal-skin garments into the United States, and since 1857 it has 

 constantly been engaged in placing them upon the market. It has been 

 in the habit of buying annually in London from 2,000 to 6,000 Alaska 

 fur-seal skins, and it has handled very many more. 



Q. What is your name, age, residence, and occupation 1 ? — A. My 

 name is Charles G. Hagman; age, 47; residence, 

 San Francisco; occupation, seaman. chas. G. Ragman, p. 435. 



Q. Are you an American seaman 1 ? — A. I am. 



Q. Have you ever been engaged in the business of catching seals in 

 the Pacific or Bering Sea 1 ? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. For how long a period 1 ? — About eight years. 



Q. Have you been master of a vessel thus engaged 1 ? — A. Yes, sir. 



Charles J. Hague, a citizen of the United States of America, 53 years 

 of age, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I re- 

 side at Alameda, Cal., and am a master mariner chas. J. Hague, p. 207. 

 by occupation. I have been cruising steadily in 



Alaskan waters since the year 1878. I have sailed principally about 

 various parts of the Aleutian Islands, as far west as Attu, to which 

 island I have made about twenty trips from Unalaska, mostly in the 

 spring and fall of the year. 



Henry Haldane, being duly sworn, deposes and 

 says : I am 33 years old ; born in British Columbia. Henry Haldane, p, 281. 

 and now reside at New Metlakahtla. 



