DOES NOT ENTER INLAND WATERS. 203 



J know of no place on the coast where seals 

 come up to land, and I am positive there is Edwin P. Porter, p. 347. 

 none. 



Sealing - schooners do not regularly visit these islands. Last August 

 (1881) three of them came in here to get water, 

 but only stayed a few hours each; they had been Eliah Prokopief, p. 215. 

 to the Commander Islands and were going- 

 south. 



I do not know of any fur-seal rookery or other places where fur-feals 

 haul out on the land to breed or rest in the Aleu- 

 tian Islands, nor where the old hull fur-seals Filaret Prokopief , p. 216. 

 spend tlie winter. 



If any seal had hauled up on any of the islands in southeastern 

 Alaska, I should have known it. They would 

 certainly have been seen by sonic Indians, and Kesth miey, p. 252. 

 they would have reported it to all. Have never 



seen a fur-seal in Chatham Sound or any of the inlets off the sound in 

 my life. 



Years ago a few seal pups were driven into the 

 bays by the storms on the coast during the winter Rondtus, p. 212. 

 season. 



I have never known or heard of any pups being born in the water or 

 on the land anywhere around this part of Alaska. 

 Have never known any fur-seal to haul up on the Abel Ryan, p. 209. 

 land anywhere around British Columbia or 

 Alaska. 



I have traveled from Icy Bay to Nuchuk and back along the coast as 

 far east as Lityu Bay, and have never seen any 

 fur-seal in any inland waters wherever I have ScMatatm,p. 213. 

 traveled. Have never known any fur-seal to come 



up on the land in Alaska or on any of the islands adjacent thereto, but 

 have heard that they do haul out on the Pribilof Islands. 



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

 anywhere on the coast, nor have I ever known or 

 heard of any fur-seals being hauled up on the land Schowoosch, p. 213. 

 anywhere in Alaska. Once in awhile a few pups 



are driven into the bay by the hard gales blowing from the southeast on 

 the coast during the month of December. 



I do not know of any place on the coast where William Short, p. 318. 

 the seals haul out upon the land to breed. 



Have never seen a far seal in Chatham Straits, Stevens Passage, or 

 anywhere else in my life, nor have I ever heard of 



any fur-seal hauling out on any of the islands or George Schuckeyah, p. 248. 

 rocks on any part of the coast of Alaska. And 



had any ever hauled out I should have known it by being told by the 

 people of the different tribes with whom I come in contact. 



