168 MIGRATION OF THE HERD. 



In the latter part of June and the first part of July, while engaged 

 in hunting, we have observed fur-seals about the 



Ivan Canetah et ah, p. entrance of the inlet,* passing to the westward; 

 but have never seen any above Anchor Point. 



I usually left San Francisco in February or March of each year and 



sealed along the coast, following the herd north 



Jas.L.Carthcutfp. 409. on their way to their breeding grounds on the 



Pribylov Islands in the Bering Sea. I usually 



entered the sea about the 1st of July and came out in September. 



During the months of March, April, May, and June the seals in the 

 North Pacific are traveling leisurely towards the passes into Bering 

 Sea. 



We generally left San Francisco in March or 

 Chas. Chalall, p. 410. April, and we sealed along the coast up to Queen 

 Charlotte Sound. 



About the middle of April the first seal are seen and taken by me off 

 Simeon Chin-Jcoo-tin p. Sitka Sound. At this time the seals are advanc- 

 256. ' ing up the coast. 



Last year (1891) I hunted for seals at sea. We first met them in the 

 region of Prince William Sound, and followed 

 Julius Christiansen, p. them to the vicinity of the Barren Islands off 

 219. Cooks Inlet. 



Have first taken seal off Sitka Sound the middle of April. Followed 

 the seal up the coast as far as Yakutat, where 

 Peter church, p. 237. they disappeared the last of June. 



Jas. claplanhoo,p.ZSl. Seals generally appear off Cape Flattery about 

 the 20th of December. 



About the 1st of January seals begin to appear around the cape and 

 slowly make their way north and are gone by the middle of July. The 

 grown cows are the first to go, and leave before the middle of June. 

 Young seals remain to the last. 



Have hunted fur-seal nine years in Dixons Entrance and off Prince 

 of Wales Island, in and between March and June. 

 J] m. Clark, p. 293. r^he seal disappear early in June, going north. 



Q. When does scaling commence in the Pacific and when does it 



end? — A. Sealing commences in the Pacific about 



Danh Claussen, p. 412. the 1 st of January and ends about the 1st of July. 



Q. When does sealing commence in the Bering 



Sea and when does it end? — A. Sealing commences in the Bering Sea 



about the 1st of July and ends about the last of October. 



Q. Judging by the direction that seals were traveling in the spring 

 of the year, during your experience, where do you suppose was their 

 destination? — A. To the rookeries in the Bering Sea. 



*Cook. 



