152 FUR-SEAL HERD OF ALASKA. 



In spite of this distinct prohibition of the killmo- of "yearlings" 

 by the Secretary, yet the records of the London sales show that the 

 lessees took some 8,000 "yearling" or "'eyeplaster" skms in open, 

 flagrant violation of these s})ecific rules of the department in getting 

 this quota of 30,000 seals allowed them subject to those orders. 



The part which Mr. Joseph Stanley-Brown took in loadmg those small 

 yearling skins, 8,000 of them, in order to weigh them in as "not 

 under six pounds, and as 2-year-old male seals" after Secretary 

 Carlisle's orders were posted, may be easily understood. It needs no 

 description. 



Dr. Jordan, in his final report, declares that he is under great obliga- 

 tions to Mr. Brown for the valuable aid given him (Jordan) while 

 studving the seal herd. 



