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1 am also uuder great obligations to the firm aud officers of the Kussian Seal Skin 

 Company, the pi-esent lessees of the islands, especially Mr. C. A. Williams, New 

 London, Conn., and Mr. Thomas F. Morgan, Groton, Conn., as well as l\Ir. ('onstantine 

 M. Grunwaldt, of St. Petersburg, at present the representative of the firm on the 

 Pacific Coast; Mr. John Malovanski, of San Francisco, the general agent of the 

 comi)any; Capt. C. ¥j. Lind(iuist, of tlie Kotik; Capt. I). Gro'nberg, of the Bohrilc; 

 Mr. Kluge, tlie resident agent on IJering Island, and ]\Ir. Cantor, on Copper Island. 



It would be ungrateful not to mention the hospitality received from the Alaska 

 Commercial Company and its functionaries, espeeiallj' during my first visit to the 

 islands. The liberality with which the members of this firm have been ever ready to 

 assist scientific endeavors has contributed greatly to tlie success of my undertakings. 



To Lieut. Commander F. J. Drake, IT. S. N., commanding the United States Fish 

 Commission steamer Alhatroxs,a,\\A his officers, and to the scientific statt'of the vessel, 

 and more i)articularly to Mr. C. H. Townsend, special thanks are due for courtesies 

 during my stay on board, and to the latter for valuable information received during 

 the preparation of tliis report, due credit for which is given in eacli instance. 



It is with great i)leasure that I acknowledge my obligations to the captain of 

 H. M. S. rotyoise, Commander Francis R. Pelly, E. N., and his officers, for hospitalities 

 and for aid in transportation. 



Finally, I wish to express my appreciation of the willingness and promi)tness with 

 which my desire to witness a seal-drive on St. Paul Island was gratified by the 

 Treasury agent, Mr. J. B. Crowley, and by Mr. J. Stanley-Brown, the general agent 

 of the North American Commercial Company, the present lessees of the Pribylof 

 Islands. 



