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men as pullers and steerers. The second boat was manned by two 

 Swedish seamen, one as hunter and the other as puller, or' no experi- 

 ence whatever in the business, armed with a No. 10-bore double-barreled 

 shotgun. The canoe, one Indian hunter, and one canoeman, armed 

 with the Vancouver Island west coast spear and a single-barrel, muzzle- 

 loader shotgun, this latter, I was informed, merely to give the quietus 

 to the harpooned seal should occasion require. The ammunition used: 

 Curtis & Harvey's No. G grain, size 14, in kegs; charge, 6 to 7 drams, 

 and from 15 to 21 buckshot. 



We had eight boats, each boat having a boat- James Malay, p. 463, 

 puller, steerer, and hunter. The hunter used 

 rifles and shotguns. 



I went sealing in 1891 in the Oscar and Hattie, Gault, master; 

 * * * we had six boats and one stern boat, 



with three men to each boat and two men with the 339 Mathasan, p. 



stern boat; we used shotguns and rifles. 



We had six small boats on board, each boat having three men, a 

 hunter and two men to pull. They shot both with 

 rifles and shotguns. The rifle was considered the Eddie Morehead,p .467. 

 best to use, as the shotgun would wound more. 



In February, 1882, I went sealing from Victoria, Britist Columbia, in 

 the schooner Onward, McCoy, master. I shipped 

 as mate. We had sixteen canoes, all manned by John Morris, p. MO. 

 Indians, two Indians to each boat. The Indians 

 used spears while hunting seals. * * * 



About the last of April, 1883, I sailed from Victoria on a sealing 

 voyage in the Onward, Morris, master. We had eighteen canoes, all 

 manned by Indians, two to each canoe. They used spears as weapons. 



About the 1st of January I sailed as master of the Alfred Adams on 

 a sealing voyage; we had about eighteen canoes, with two Indians to 

 each canoe; they hunted with spears. * * * 



In February, 1885, I sailed from Victoria, British Columbia, on the 

 schooner Seventy-six, Potts, master. We had three boats and three 

 men to each boat; had a white crew. * * * 



In the month of February, 1887, I sailed from Victoria, British Co- 

 lumbia, in the schooner Black Diamond, I, Morris, master. We had 

 twenty-four canoes, each manned by two Indians. The Indians used 

 spears in hunting the seals. 



In 1887 I went sealing in the Bering Sea on the British or Japanese 

 schooner Ada. I do not know the name of her 

 master, but he was a white man. She carried Moses, p. 310. 

 seven canoes, each manned by two Indians, and 



one stern boat, with three white men. The Indians hunted w T ith spears 

 and the white men with guns .* * * 



In 1889 I went again to the sea in the sealing schooner Minnie, Jacob- 

 son, master. She carried eight canoes and two boats. Two Indians 

 who used spears were employed in each canoe, and three white men, 

 using guns, were in each boat. One boat with three white men got 

 more seals than one canoe with two Indians. * * * 



