66 THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 



That tlie firm of 0. M. Larapson & Co., of which deponent has been 

 as aforesaid for the last twelve years a member, are what is known as 

 commission merchants engaged in the business of selling furs of various 

 kinds and also in buying furs upon commission. 



Tli at the said firm of C. M. Lampson &Co. has, during the time that 

 deponent has been a member thereof, handled a larger number of skins 

 of the fur-seal than all the other firms in the world together, and depo- 

 nent knows from inspection of the books of his said firm that for many 

 years prior to the date when he became a member of the same they also 

 handled during many years previously thereto a larger number of fur- 

 seal skins than all the other firms in the world together. 



That during the time deponent has been a member of the said firm 

 he has personally handled many hundreds of thousands of fur-seal skins, 

 and he has a detailed and expert knowledge of the various kinds of 

 seal-skins, and the several differences between them which enable the 

 several sorts of seal-skins to be distinguished from each other. 



Deponent was connected with the firm of Messrs. J. M. Oppenheim 

 & Co., at New York and London, from the years 



Emil Teichmann, p. 579. 1806 to 1872 inclusive, and his late partner, Mr. 

 Martin, and himself ultimately succeeded to the 

 business of Messrs. J. M. Oppenheim, so far as it related to the dressing 

 and dyeing of seal -skins. 



George H. Temple, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 

 32 years old; a native of Vermont, where I now 



Geo. H. Temple, p. 153. reside. I was bred to the occupation of farming, 

 and am at present a hardware merchant in my 

 native town of Eandolph. 



From 1880 to 1882 I was employed by the Alaska Commercial Com- 

 pany at St. Paul Island, Alaska, as assistant agent, and in that position 

 became familiar with the work of handling, driving, and herding the 

 killable seals, and with the habits and peculiarities of the breeding 

 seals on the rookeries, both of which have, in the main, been accurately 

 and intelligently described by H. W. Elliott in his "Beport on the Seal 

 Islands of Alaska," published by the Department of the Interior, Census 

 Office, 1881. 



Michael Thlkahdaynahkee, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 

 M. Thlkahdaynahlcee,p. Am about CO years old; born at and live in Sitka. 

 2G9. Have been a seal hunter all my me. 



W. Thomas, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am a seaman by 



occupation and at present captain of the steamer 



TV. Thomas,!). 485. Elsie. Previous to taking command of the Elsie 



I was in command of the steamer Karluk doing 



business in Alaska most of that time. 



William G. Thomas, being duly sworn, deposes and says: Have lived 

 in southeastern Alaska the last eleven years, 



Wm. G. Thomas, p. 291. seven of which I resided at Port Wrangel. Have 

 been engaged in the fishing business a number of 

 years. 



Adolph W. Thompson, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I 

 reside in San Francisco: My occupation is that of 



Adolph jv. Thompson, a mas ter mariner. I went sealing in 1890, when 

 p - 486, I was mate of the Allie Alger. * * * In 1891 



I went out in the schooner G. H. White. 



