38 THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 



* * * Capt. A. W. Lavender, * * being duly sworn, deposes 



and says: I am 40 years of age, a eitizen of the 



A. w. Laren<ier,p. 205. United States, and a resident of Scotland, South 



Dakota. I am now, and have been for two years 



past, employed as special agent of the Treasury Department, assigned 



to duty as agent in charge of St. George Island. 



Edward Nighl Lawson, being duly sworn, deposes and saith: I re- 

 side at St. Pauls, Kadiak Island, Alaska, and have 

 L. is. Lawson, p. 221. liyed iu tlje Territory for the past twelve years. 



I am a sea-otter hunter by occupation and am well acquainted with the 

 northwest coast from San Francisco to Unalaska. 



In the years 1878 and 1879 I was employed as a fur-seal hunter on 

 board the schooners Favorite and Onward, respectively, both of Vic- 

 toria, British Columbia; and in the years 1884 and 1885 I was engaged 

 in the same capacity on the schooners Teresa and San Diego, respec- 

 tively, both hailing from San Francisco, Oal. 



Isaac Lenard, being duly sworn, deposes and saith: I reside at Bel- 

 kofsky, Alaska Territory. I have been a sea-otter 



Isaac Lenard, p. 217. hunter for forty years, and have occasionally 

 raided the Russia sea islands. 



James E. Lennan, being duly sworn, deposes and saith: I reside at 

 Port Townsend, State of Washington, and am by 



Jas. E. Lennan, p. ob9. oecil p at j on master and pilot of steam vessels in 

 the waters of the Pacific Ocean coastwise to the Bering Sea. 1 have 

 had eighteen years' experience in the waters of Alaska, and am well 

 acquainted with the Northwest Coast from San Francisco to Attn Is- 

 land, including Bering Sea and its coast line. I have sailed as master 

 of trading and supply vessels for a number of years in Alaska, and in 

 the year 1887 was master of a sealing schooner clearing from Victoria. 



George Liebes, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: My age 



is 25. I reside in San Francisco. I am a furrier and dealer in dressed 



and raw furs by < tccupation. I have been engaged 



George Lubes, p. 510. j n ^at business for the last six years. I have 

 been going to Victoria for the last two years for the purpose of buying 

 both land and sea furs. In 1890 1 examined 14,000 fur-seal skins that 

 were brought down on a tender from Sand Point, Alaska. 



Herman Liebes, being duly sworn, says: First. That he is 50 years of 

 age and resides in the city of San Francisco, Cal. 

 Herman Liebes, p. 512. That he has been in the fur business since he was 

 13 years of age, and established in his own busi- 

 ness in San Francisco in the year 1864. That he first began to buy seal- 

 skins in the year 1805. 



Isaac Liebes, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I reside in 

 San Francisco, Cal. I am, and have been for the 



Isaac Lieies, p. 452. j ag ^. t vventy- three years, by occupation a fur mer- 

 chant, during which time J have handled more raw far-seal skins than 

 any other individual in the United States or Canada, and more than 

 any firm or corporation except the lessees of the sealeries of the Pribilof 

 and Commander islands. I claim to be thoroughly acquainted with all 

 kinds of seal-skins, and from all the different localities, and can readily 



