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Pursuant to orders received from the Treasury Department, I sailed 

 from San Francisco June 4, 1887, arriving - at Una- 

 laska on the loth of that month. On the 18th I L. G. Shepard, p. 187. 

 commenced cruising in Bering Sea. I hereby ap- 

 pend to and make a part of this affidavit a table, marked A, giving the 

 names of the vessels seized by me in Bering Sea while violating the 

 law of the United States in relation to the taking of fur -bearing ani- 

 mals (all these vessels so seized were unmistakably engaged in seal- 

 ing), together with the date of the seizure in each ease, the nationality, 

 rig, tonnage, hailing port, master, and managing owner of each vessel, 

 the longitude and latitude in which each vessel was seized, the white 

 men, Indians, and Chinamen on board at the time of seizure, the num- 

 ber of sealskins and the weapons on each vessel. In the cases of the 

 Challenge, Anna Beck, W. P. Sayward, Dolphin, Lilly L., Grace, and San 

 Jose the vessels were towed to Unalaska, and their sealskins and arms 

 were taken from them, and they were sent to Sitka. The Ellen, Albert, 

 Adams, Annie, Alpha, and the Kate and Anna were disarmed and the 

 seal-skins taken on board the Bush at the time and place of seizure, and 

 they too were sent to Sitka. All these vessels reported there, except 

 the Ellen and San Jose, going to San Francisco, and the Albert Adams, 

 to Victoria, British Columbia. I again sailed from San Francisco the 

 3d of July, 1888, and entered Bering Sea about the 10th of the same 

 month. Owing to the large number of vessels seized in 1887, very 

 few sealing vessels entered Bering Sea to take seals in 1888, and I 

 made no seizures. I oidy saw two vessels in the sea during that sea- 

 son, one of which, the Jiianita, of Victoria, British Columbia, was en- 

 gaged in taking seal at the time we sighted her, which was August 5, 

 in latitude 51° 38" north, longitude 100° 54" west. In 1889 I again 

 sailed from San Francisco for Bering Sea on June 1, and arrived at 

 Unalaska June 16. Began cruising in the sea eight days later. I 

 hereby append to and make a part of this affidavit a table marked B, 

 giving the names of the vessels seized by me in Bering Sea while vio- 

 lating the laws of the United States in relation to the taking of fur- 

 bearing animals, together with the date of seizure, nationality, rig, ton- 

 nage, hailing port, master, managing owner, latitude and longitude in 

 which seized, and the white men and Indians on board at the time of 

 seizure, the number of seal-skins and weapons on each vessel seized. 

 In nearly every case of those vessels named in Table B they had boats 

 out engaged in sealing. All of them were ordered to go to Sitka-, but 

 none of them reported there, all going to their home ports. The Black 

 Diamond, the Minnie, and the Pathfinder were each placed in charge of a 

 special United States officer, who protested in vain against the non- 

 compliance with the instructions given to proceed to Sitka. The Min- 

 nie, in spite of the officer on board, continued sailing in Bering Sea 

 until August 17, and secured during that time 478 seal-skins. 



I hereby append to and make part of this affidavit the number and 

 names of vessels fitted out for sealing boarded and examined by me in 

 Bering Sea or the waters of Alaska Territory during the sealing season of 

 1880, together with the date of such boarding, nationality of the vessel, 

 rig, tonnage, hailing port, master, owner, latitude and longitude, white 

 men and Indians on board, seal-skins and weapons found. The last 

 three columns of said table are incomplete, from the fact that the offi- 

 cers boarding failed to get definite statements on these points. They 

 wore not seized, because evidence was wanting as to their having 

 actually sealed in Bering Sea. 



