DOES NOT ENTER INLAND WATERS. 205 



Nor have I ever heard of any fur-seal hauling up on the land or 

 rocks anywhere around Chatham Sound. The 

 people who I sell oil to come from a long dis- Yuan Slanoch, p. 253. 

 tance, and I have never heard them say that they 



had seen fur-seal hauled up on the land any where, and they would have 

 told me and others of our people had they seen any. 



I have never known any fur-seal to haul up on the land anywhere 

 around this part of Alaska; nor have I ever 

 known any fur-seal pups to be born in the water Stahkam, p. 245. 

 or anywhere else in Alaska; nor have I ever heard 



any Indians with whom I have come in contact say that they had ever 

 known any fur-seal pups to have been born in the water; nor had they 

 known any fur-seal to haul up on the land in any part of Alaska. 



I never saw any seals on the land as we went Cyrus Stephens, p. 480. 

 along the coast. 



I am sure there is no place on the coast where John A. Swain p. 350. 

 they haul out upon the land and give birth to 

 their young. 



Have visited all the islands and inlets iu Chatham Sound and other 

 parts of southeastern Alaska; have never seen 

 fur-seal in the inland waters; nor have I ever Tchet-Chah, p. 254. 

 heard of any being there; nor have I heard of or 



seen any haul up on the land, any island, or rock on or off the coast of 

 Alaska. In my business of making herring oil, which I dispose of to 

 the people of the different tribes along the coast, I should have heard 

 of seal being hauled up on any island or rock along the coast of Alaska, 

 had there been any, for it is customary for the people of one tribe to 

 tell the people of another all they know. 



I have never seen or heard of any fur-seal being seen in any of the 

 inland waters of Alaska, nor have I ever known 



of or seen any fur-seal hauled up on the land in Wm. G. Thomas, p. 291. 

 any part of Alaska; have employed a great many 



Indian fishermen, and had there been a fur-seal rookery in any part of 

 the Alaskan coast I should certainly have heard of it. 



Have never known any fur-seal to haul up on the land around these 

 bays or in any other part of Alaska. * * * 

 Neither have I heard of any fur-seal hauling up Thunk, p. 215. 

 on the land anywhere around this part of Alaska. 



Had there been any seal hauled up ou the land it would have been told 

 to me by people of different tribes with whom I have come in contact 



I am acquainted with the coast from Sitka to Peter Titehenoff,p. 222, 

 Kadiak. I do not know of any rookery along the 

 coast, nor have I ever heard of any. 



Have never known fur-seal to haul up on the Charlie TUksatan, p. 270. 

 land or on the coast anywhere in Alaska. 



I have never seen a fur-seal in any of the inland J- 0. To\ 'nan, p. 223. 

 waters of Alaska, nor have I ever heard of any 

 being; in the inland waters. 



