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I believe the seals come to the islands from the southward, and when 

 they leave in November or December they go 

 southward through the passes of the Aleutian Isl- S. Melovidov, p. 147. 

 ands and into the Pacific Ocean. 



When they do leave the island they go southward and pass once 

 more through the passes of the Aleutian Islands . mi aw 

 and out into the North Pacific Ocean. "'*" e 0le °"'P' 



The only seals taken by the natives of this place [Unalaska] are the 

 this season's pups that go through the passes dur- 

 ing the period between the last of October and S. Melavidoff and D. Sal- 

 the last of November. The northerly winds bring amatoff, p. 209. 

 them in the direction of this harbor, and the 



natives go out in their bidarkas and spear and shoot them for food. 

 Sometimes we find old male seals with them, but we dare not attack 

 them in the bidarka. The mothers are not Avith them, and there are 

 usually no seals of older age with them. They are the weaker of the 

 pups, the stronger ones going on through the passes. No old seals 

 haul out on shore here. 



The seal hunting commences in March and ends about the middle of 

 June. The seal are constantly going north dur- 

 ing that time. * * * I have seen a few fur- Amos Mill, p. 285. 

 seals in the waters near Prince of Wales Island 

 in the months of May and June. 



Start the season off Cooks Inlet. The first seals „ _ ,,.„ 

 are seen about May. p - a M,Ucr > *• m 



Am at present hunter on the schooner Henry Dennis. First hunted 

 seals off the Farallone Islands in February, and 

 followed them up the coast into Bering Sea, a. E. Miner, p. 466. 

 which they enter about the 10th of July. 1 think 

 the seals are constantly on the move up the coast. 



The fur-seals usually appear about Cooks Inlet Metry Monin, et ah p. 225. 

 early in the month of May. 



Q. When does sealing commence in the Pacific, and when does it 

 end? — A. It commences about the 1st of January 

 and ends about the last of June. Frank Moreau > P- 468 - 



Q. When does sealing commence in Bering Sea and when does it 

 end"? — A. It commences about the 1st of July and ends about the 1st 

 of November. 



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

 of the year, during your experience, where do 

 you suppose was their destination? — A. The Ber- Frank Moreau, p. 469. 

 ing Sea. 



The Alaska fur-seal is migratory, leaving the Pribilof Islands in 

 early winter, going southward into the Pacific 

 and returning again in May, June, and July to t. f. Morgan, p. 61. 

 said islands. 



