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and thence on the 27th day of June into the Bering 



C. A. Alley, p. 185. Sea, my destination being the Pribilof, or Seal 

 Islands. Soon after leaving" Unalaska we began 

 to see seals in the water about the steamer. Within seven hours alter 

 leaving Unalaska I sighted the schooner Sierra, of and from San Fran- 

 cisco, with her boats out sealing, in latitude 54° 20' north, longitude 

 160° S~j' west. Before I could overhaul her her boats were called in 

 and all evidences of sealing were out of sight. There were seal-skins 

 in her hold, but as there was no evidence that any had been taken in 

 Bering Sea, I disarmed her, she being without a permit for use of arms 

 and ammunition, and let her go. The next morning sighted the schooner 

 City of San Diego, of San Francisco, in latitude 55° 52' north, longi- 

 tude 1GS° 25' west. As she also had no permit for arms and ammu- 

 nition I disarmed her. 



I then called at the Pribilof Islands and cruised about them for 

 some days without seeing any vessels of any kind. On the 3d day of 

 July cruised northward, returning to St. Paul on the 10th; it was very 

 difficult to find the island because of the dense fog. On the 13th went 

 south and west. Beached Atka Island on the loth; thence went east- 

 erly along the Aleutian Islands. On the 17th seized the schooner San 

 Diego, of and from San Francisco, in latitude 51° 4' north and longi- 

 tude 100° 46' west. She had 577 seal skins on board, and the captain 

 confessed to having taken seals in Bering Sea. I took her into Unalaska 

 that night. 



On the 26th of July I was again off St. Paul Island, and the agent 

 of the Alaska Commercial Company came on board and informed me 

 the sealing season on the island was ended, and the day before the 

 agent at St. George Island had informed me of the same fact in relation 

 to that island. On August 1st I seized a boat containing three men 

 and eight dead seals. Proceeding southeasterly, seized another boat 

 with men and several dead seals on board. Seized the schooner Thorn- 

 ton, of and from Victoria, British Columbia, in latitude 55° 45' north 

 and longitude 10S o 25' west. The two boats seized belonged to the 

 Thornton. The same evening seized the schooner Carolena, of Vic- 

 toria, British Columbia, in about the same locality. Half an hour 

 later seized four boats belonging to the Carolena with dead seals on 

 board. That night spoke schooner Twilight, sealing, but the captain 

 stated they had taken no seals in Bering Sea, and on account of the 

 schooners I had in tow I was unable to overhaul her. 



The next morning at 4:10 sighted a schooner, evidently a sealer, but 

 was unable to pursue her, owing to the fact of having the Thornton and 

 Carolena, in tow. At 4:40 a.m. spoke the schooner Onw ard, of Vic- 

 toria, British Columbia, in latitude 55° 10' north and longitude 167° 

 40' west. The master acknowledged he had been sealing in Bering 

 Sea. Boarding her and finding seal-skins and unskinned dead seals 

 on board, I seized her and took her also in tow. At 7:20 a. m. sighted 

 another schooner, but she fled, and outsailed us. At 11 a. m. sighted a 

 schooner under shortened sail. She at once changed her course and 

 made all sail southeast and escaped. Reached Unalaska that night. 

 The Thornton had on board four rifles and six shotguns; the Onward, 

 one rifle and thirteen shotguns; the Carolena, four rifles, one musket, 

 and live shotguns. Altogether, the vessels 1 seized had over 2,000 seal- 

 skins. My orders made no distinction as to seizing English or Ameri- 

 can vessels, and each vessel seized received the same treatment with- 

 out relation to the nationality of its crew or owner. 



