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distinguish one from the other. I am also thoroughly familiar with the 

 mode of capturing' the seals, both on land and in the water, and in hand- 

 ling, packing, and shipping the skins. My business as a manufacturer 

 of furs lias also made me equally familiar with the dressed and dyed 

 seal-skins. The greater part of the raw seal-skms which have passed 

 through my hands were from seals captured at sea, and it is with this 

 feature of seal-hunting that I am more especially familiar. I speak 

 from personal observation and experience in describing the marine 

 sealing fleet and the business of marine seal-hunting. 



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

 22. I reside in San Francisco, and am by occupa- 

 tion a furrier, having been engaged in that busi- Sidney Liebes, p. 516. 

 ness for the last six years. I have made it my 



business to examine raw seal-skins brought to this city for sale, and 

 am familiar with the different kinds of seal-skins in the market. I can 

 tell from an examination of a skin whether it has been caught on the 

 Russian or American side. 



James Lighthouse, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am a na- 

 tive Indian of Makah tribe, and reside at Neah 

 Bay, on the Indian Reservation, in the State of j a s. Lighthouse, p. 389. 

 Washington, United States of America. I am 



about 55 years of age, and my occupation is that of hunting and fish- 

 ing. I am the owner of the schooner C. C. Perkins. I have been en- 

 gaged in sealing and fishing ever since I was old enough to do so. 

 * * * I have always sealed in the Strait of San Juan de Fuca, and 

 around Cape Flattery, and up and down the coast from Barclay Sound 

 to the Columbia River. I commenced going north to Barclay Sound 

 about ten years ago. 



Caleb Lindahl, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 46 

 years of age. I reside in San Francisco. My oc- 

 cupation is that of a sealer. I first went sealing Caleb Lindahl, p. 456. 

 in the Bering Sea in 1800 on the j\fattie T. Dyer. 

 I was employed as a hunter. 



E. W. Littlejohn, being duly sworn, deposes and saith: I reside at 

 San Francisco, Cal. I am a sea-otter and seal 

 hunter by occupation, and am now master of the e. w. Littlejohn,p, 457. 

 schooner Pearl, whichis engaged in sea-otter limit- 

 ing. I have had eight (8) years experience in this pursuit in the waters 

 along the Alaskan coast. 



John N. Lofstad, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 

 48 years of age. I reside in San Francisco. I am 



by occupation a dealer in furs and fur goods. I John N. Lofstad, p. 516. 

 have been in the business for twenty-eight years, 



during which time I have bought large numbers of dressed aud undressed 

 fur skins, and I am thoroughly familiar with the business. 



William H. Long, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am by 

 occupation a seamau, and have followed the sea 

 for the last fifty years. I have been mate and William H. Long, p. 457. 

 master of vessels. For the last four years I have 

 not been to sea. In 1885 I was hunter on board the schooner Lookout; 



