58 THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 



tlie calling of a liunter. * * * I never hunted fur-seals, but I Lave 

 a knowledge of their habits and movements. 



Rondtus, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I was born at Yaku- 

 tat, and belong to the Yakutat tribe of Indians. 



Eondtus, p.2i2 Am about 28 years old and a hunter by occupa- 



tion. I have hunted fur-seal, otter, and bear. 



Abel Ryan, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 

 Abel Ryan, p. 299. I am 22 years old. Was born in British Coin in I >ia 



and reside on Dundas Island. I have hunted fur- 

 seal every season since I was a boy, between March and June. Always 

 hunted in Dixons Entrance and off Prince of Wales Island. 



Thomas F. Ryan, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am a resi- 

 dent of Indianapolis, Indiana, and am 51 years 

 Thomas F. Ryan, p. 174.old. During the years 1885 and 1886 I was 

 assistant Treasury agent, residing on St. George 

 Island, one of the Pribilof Islands. I arrived there about the 1st of 

 May, 1885, and remained there until August 9, 1886. In order to per- 

 form my duty as agent I made a careful study of seal lifeou the island, 

 and examined as far as I was able into the habits of the fur-seal. 



S. W. Saalburg, being duly sworn, deposes and says: The following 

 statistics relative to the number of salted ISTorth- 



S. W. Saalburg, p. 521. west Coast seal skins purchased by the firm of H. 

 Liebes & Co., of San Francisco, Cal., and prices 

 paid therefor, have been gathered by me from the bonks and records 

 of said firm, covering a period from the year 1883 to 181)2, inclusive. 

 1 held the position of chief bookkeeper and cashier for H. Liebes & Co. 

 during said period of time, and know of my own personal knowledge that 

 the number of skins set forth below were duly purchased by said firm 

 at the average prices stated, and that payment therefor is regularly 

 entered on the firm's cashbooks of the respective years. 



Saisun, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is 60 years 



of age; a native and resident of Aguis; quitseal- 



Saisun, p. 307. hunting four years ago. Last hunted in small 



schooner Pictoit or Victor, William Gilbert, alias 



Billy the Butch, being in command. He spent two months outside in 



schooner with eight canoes and sixteen men. Obtained 200 skins. All 



were caught off Cape Flattery and Barclay Sound, about 40 miles off 



the shore. Certifies evidence given by Dick or Ehenchesut to be true. 



Adolphus Sayers, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 

 a seaman. I reside in San Francisco. I was en- 

 gaged in sealing in the Bering Sea ami North Adolphus Sayers, p. 473. 

 Pacific, in the City of San Diego and the Adeline, 

 in the years 1887 and 1888. I was master of the Adeline. * * * I 

 was a boat -puller when I was on the City of San Diego. 



C. M. Scammon, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 67 



years old and a resident of Oakland, Cal. I am 



C. M. Scammo n, p. 473. and have been an officer in the United States 



Revenue Marine Corps since 1863. In 1865 and 



1866 I was in command of the Western Union Telegraph Company's 



