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Q. Have you ever seen any seals born in the water, and is it your 

 opinion that it is possible for them to be born in _,, , _ _, 



the water .'-A. I do not think it is possible for i2 g/ Wd W ' Func1ce > p ' 

 thein to be born in water; no, sir. 



Nor have I ever heard of any pup seal being born in the water or 

 anywhere else in Alaska, and had they ever been 



born in the water or on the islands or rocks of Nicoli Gadowen,p. 250. 

 Alaska some of my tribe would have known it and 

 it would have been reported to me. 



Have never known or heard of pups being born in the water or any- 

 where else on the coast outside of the Pribilof Is- 

 lands. 



Ofiad. George, p. 3G6. 



I have never known of pups being born in the Chas. Gibson, p. 281. 

 water or on the land anywhere around Alaska. 



I have never heard of nor known of seals being Thos. Gibson, p. 432. 

 born in the water. 



Never have heard of any pup seals being born Gonastut,p. 238. 

 in the water. 



Have never known any pups to be born in the </«»• Gondowen,p. 259. 

 water or on the land around the coast of Alaska. 



I have never seen a mother seal or a black pup Russian Gorioi, p. 213. 

 in this region. 



Have never heard of pups being born in the Jas. Griffin, p. 4SS. 

 water or anywhere else on the coast outside of 

 the Pribilof Islands. 



Q. In your opinion, are any of the pups born in the water, or any- 

 where outside of the seal islands;' — A. It has 



never come under my observation. I have never Chas.G.Hagman, p. 435. 

 seen a seal on shore. I have never seen the seal 



islands yet; that is, St. George and St. Paul, I have never seen. I 

 have seen the Copper Islands, on the Russian side. 



Have never known any pups to be born in the Henry Haldane, p. 281. 

 water or on the land anywhere in Alaska. 



Have never known of any pups to be born in Martin Hannon, p. 445. 

 the water or on the land outside of the Pribilof 

 Islands. 



Q. In your opinion, are any of the pups born in the water or any- 

 where else outside of the sea islands? — A. No, „ „ ,. n 



r j *j_ j.1 • i 'j. H. Harmsen, ».i42. 



sir; I don't think it. l 



Nor have I ever heard of pups being born in the water, or on the 

 land in anv part of Alaska, except on the Pribilof 

 Islands hi Bering Sea. Sam Hayilcahila, p. 239. 



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