voyage to the Piil>\ lulls !>y uav of Unalaska, from which place ll<i M:ije-ty's ship 

 "Pheasant," Commander K. A. (larforth, conveyed us to tin- NamU. 



17. We regained the Isl..iid of St. Paul on the 1st September. On the sth September. 

 ill compam \vitli l>r. .Ionian and Mr. Lucas, of tin- American Commission. I left St. Paul 

 onboard the United State-' n\ , nue-euiter " Hush, 1 ' Captain \\ . ||. Robert-, reached 

 Sitka on the li'Jiul September, and arrived in Victt-i'ia on the .'U)th September. \l 



et; -Hamilton and Maeonn and Mr. Clark and Colonel Murrav. of the American 

 Commission, remained hehincl upon the islands, in order to re-iimc and repeat during the 

 first da\- ni October the investigation and count of the dead pups. 



is. I spent M>mc days in Victoria, durinir which time Mr. A. IJ. Milne. C.M.G., 

 Collector of Customs, furnished me with much information, and made me acquainted with 

 several gentlemen vu-scd or interested in the -.al question, besides those whom I had met 

 formerly. 



]!. Leaving Victoria on the 10th October, I travelled, in accordance with my 

 in-M lie-turns, to Ottawa, for the purpose of conferring will Dr. G. M. Dawson, and also, in 

 the alisenee of the Minister o' Marine and Fisheries, with Mr. Gourdeau, the Deputy 

 Minister, and with Professor Prince, Commissioner of Fisheries. I had also here an 

 opportunity of discussing the circumstances of the case with SirC. Hibhert Tupper, who 



aliout to proceed to Victoria as counsel for the Canadian sealers in the cases awaiting 

 arbitration. 



20. On the '2()th October I left Ottawa, and arrived in London on the 31st October. 



Jl. It is my duty to inform your Lordship that I and my colleagues received at eveiy 



< of our journey and in every portion of our work such kindness and hospitality as 

 call lor the warmest expression of our thanks. In our association with the officials of the 

 United States' Government, \\ith the captains and officers of the United States' ship 



!batm-s," with the captains and ollicers of the United States' revenue-miters cruising 

 in Hehrinir Sea, in the conduct of the Company's otiicials resident on the islands, and in 

 a very hii:h degree in the attitude of the American ( 'ommi-sion, \\e recognised continual 

 an.xiety for our comfort, and thoughtful provision for the accomplishment of our business. 

 It oe-erus to be particularly recorded that on the islands we enjoyed, together 

 with the American Commissioners, opportunities and privileges that had never before been 

 accorded to any investigators, whether American or British; that the utmost liberty 

 of action within the hounds of reason uas permitted us; that, in short, we were left free 

 to see all that was to he seen, and to do whatsoever commended itself to our inclinations 

 or judgment. 



'2*2. Lastly, it behoves me to acknowledge that in the investigations presently to be 

 described my own part was that of one among many, and that the chief burden lay with 

 Dr. Jordan and his Commission. On those great and scattered rookeries a man working 



v can do little, where a company working in collusion can do much. Accordingly it 

 wa> my business to co-operate continually with the Americans, to see whnt they saw, and 

 to [articipate in what they did; and, as an eye-witness of all that they witnessed, 

 I desire to place my testimony on record that the general success of our expedition, the 

 new knowledge as to matters of fact that we obtained, and in particular the censuses that 

 \u tor the first time attempted and achieved, were one and all the direct result of 

 Dr. Jordan's counsel and leadership. 



It is my purpose to deal in this Report with the general case under the following sub- 

 divisions : 



1. The present condition of the seal rookeries on the Pribyloff Islands. 

 '1. The extent and causes of the mortality of pups. 



3. The driving and killing of seals on the islands and other matters of local manage- 

 ment. 



4. Statistics of the industry. 



To the Marquess of Salisbury. 



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