1896] The Pribilofs 



and begged for whatever we could spare. On the 

 beach rotted the hulks of four Canadian sealers 

 seized by order of Secretary Blaine and for which, 

 by the Paris Award, the United States had been 

 obliged to pay. 



Leaving Unalaska, we sailed through fog and 

 storm for a day and a night, arriving in the early 

 morning at about the place where Captain Moser 

 said "St. George [Island] ought to be." The ship st. George 

 now felt her way gingerly along until we heard the 

 gruff roar of the "beachmasters" on the East 

 Rookery. With this were mingled the loud bleats, 

 exactly like those of sheep, of the few females al- 

 ready returned from their long swim. 



Having made a hasty survey of the four large 

 breeding grounds of St. George, we passed directly 

 to the more important island of St. Paul, forty st. Paul 

 miles distant. There we were cordially welcomed 

 by the excellent agents in charge, J. B. Crowley 

 and James Judge, and by J. Stanley-Brown, a son- 

 in-law of President Garfield, at that time repre- 

 sentative of the then lessees, the North American 

 Commercial Company. Stanley-Brown was an at- 

 tractive and capable young man who had served 

 as a secretary at the Paris Tribunal and afterward 

 as government agent on the islands prior to the 

 appointment of Mr. Judge. Besides the three 

 named above, we found a dozen or more other em- 

 ployees of the United States or the company; and 

 Mrs. Judge, a charming young bride lately arrived 

 from Ohio, furnished a pleasant touch of femininity. 



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