340 METHOD. 



Geo. Fairvhihl, p. 423. We had five boats on board, each boat having 

 a hunter, boat-puller, and steerer. We used shot- 

 guns and rifles. 



Geo. Fogel, p. 424. We equipped our vessels with shotguns and 



rifles. 



Thos. Fmzer, p. 365. We had seven boats, but we had only four white 



hunters; ten hunters were natives from Neeah 

 Bay and Vancouver. 



John Fyfe, p. 429. We had six boats on board, each boat having a 



hunter, two boat-pullers, and a steerer, four men 

 to a boat. 



Geo. Grady, p. 433. I went to the Bering Sea in 1889 upon the 



Laura, from Victoria, as a cook. We had three 

 small boats. 



E. M. Grecnleaf,p. 324. I bad six canoes, with Indian hunters, who used 

 both spears and shotguns. 



The boat-steerer is supposed to be the most intelligent and compe- 

 tent man on the boat, as he has charge and bears 

 E. M. Gi-eenleaf,p. 325. the same relation to the boat that the captain 

 does to a vessel. 



On February 11, 1880, I sailed from Victoria, as a boat-puller, on the 



sealing schooner Arid, Buckman, master. She 



Arthur Griffin, p. 325. carried six hunting boats and one stern boat, and 



had a white crew, who use shotguns and rifles in 



hunting seals. * * * 



On January 10, 1800, I sailed from Victoria as a boat-steerer, in the 



schooner Sea Lion, Magason, master. * * * 



Our vessel carried a white crew, five boats, each boat manned by 

 three men. We captured about 300 seals from San Francisco to Cape 

 Flattery, by the use of shotguns and rifles. * * * 



I went out sealing again the same year on the LJ. B. Marvin, McKiel, 

 master. I shipped as a boat-steerer. We had a white crew and seven 

 boats, and used shotguns and rifles while hunting the seals. 



a. J. Guild, p. 231. Their hunters were all natives, who came from 



Neeah Bay, Washington. 



First went out sealing as boat-puller along the Northern Pacific 

 coast about the 20th of June, 1891; sailed from 

 Jas. Harrison, p. 326. Victoria, British Columbia, in the schooner Tri- 

 umph, Whiddcn, master. We had two boats and 

 one stern boat, three men with each boat. * * * 



I sailed again about February 12, 1802, in the same vessel and the 

 same master. We carried two boats and three men to each boat, all 

 white men in the boats, but we had sixteen Indian canoes, with two 

 Indians in each canoe, and the Indians used shotguns. 



I went on a sealing voyage in 18S7 as boat-steerer on the American 

 schooner Vanderbilt, Capt. Myers, master. She 



Jas. Hay ward, p. 327. carried six boats and white hunters, who used 

 shotguns and rifles. * * » 



