1'JO SEAL LIFE ON THE PR1BILOF ISLANDS. 



( >f tin- pelagic sealers examined ly tin- I'nittMl States ( Fnited States case. Appendix, 

 Vol. II. jip. ;!i;>-.~>(>7. inclusive) 7!' jjive testimony as to the time they entered Bering 

 Sea. < M' this mi n ilier tiS entered the sea a fter .) une L'0 and til entered bet ween ,)niv 1 

 and . 1 1 1 1 \ 1 ." . 



< )f the ;:ir> depositions taken by < Ireat I'.rilain and printed in the ! Irit ish counter 

 ease Appendix. \'ol. 11 bin ." jjive the time of entering Bering Sea. One ot' these 

 .Miner, p. 1 li! ui ve- the time as "the latter part of .1 une : " '2 i 1 lart iven. p. Ill', and 

 Fiuuera. p. iL'.V earlv in .1 illy : " and the L' others ( i and in, p. 111. and L'at Jens, p. 

 121 . "July L 1 !'." 



From the testimony stated above, it is e\ ident why (Jreat Britain tailed tocxamine 

 wit lie-. -e> on this point, since the Bri t i-h commissioners proposed as a rest rict i ve re^- 

 nlatiitn that Beri n _: >ea should not be entered beibre the 1st of .1 nly, and t he British 

 counsel, in present in<i a scheme for re LIU hit ions to the tribunal, incorporated the same 

 siiLMM 1 -! ion therein. It scarcely seems possible, in face of the evidence that sealing 

 doc- not usiiallv beuiu in Beri ni:" Sea until .hilv. that tire.n Britain's advisers can 

 rcallv believe that it \\ ould restrict pelagic sealing to pri.hihit the sealers from doin<; 

 what the\ ha\i- never done, do not do. and never xvmild do. 



< M' the sealers examineil by the l"n ited >t a t < s and ! irea t Britain. I'll su^ucst a deli- 

 nite period for a dose time. They are arranged belo\v in the form of a table, show- 

 in^ the month- in which they think pelagic sealing should !>: prohibited. The first 

 7 were examined by lireat Britain, and their depositions are included in the British 

 counter case. (Appendix, Vol. II. > The remainder were examined by the I'nited 

 States, and their -t atcments a p] tear in the I'nited States case. Appendix. Vol. II ). 



These men. beinu' pelagic sealers, know what months s'-aliu^ is injurious to the 

 seal herd. If. therefore, the advice of all the-e witnesses were followed, every 

 month in the year would be clnscd to pelagic sealini;'. 



Tul) illation nt <>]> i it 1 1 nix <>f i>< I <i</ /' >' n ! c, >'*. n)n>irhi(/ /' n i'i n -i irl/ it i I>I--H HIH i >)'<! <'ll >i ix HI < (led 



III />'/ I'llKj >'f <(. 



DMmw .July. 



Mun'aii '.'. ._. ,I,,1\ SepicniluT.' 



Ainlricins - " " *- ...-.. ^-~- .J:inn:ir.v An mist 15. 



Jiiviinsiii -. 



Claiisi-n 



11 uniiiiii "'.'.'.['.'.'."'.'.'.'.'.. 



Hiirrison -J:mu:ir\ .Tnlvl.">. 



H;.ll-,ll - ~ .Inls \n\eini.cr. 



.Jolili-oli '" .)ill\ DC, cm). rr. 



L-nanl... ^ -^ M;orli October. 



I).' MrLi-iiii '.!.".'!."."."!!".!! .Inii.-l.-, Uriulu-r. 



An examination of the I'ore^oinu table shows that a- tit some months all are snb- 

 Ktantiallv agreed that sealing should be ]>roh i luted if the seals are to be preserved. 

 These months are .July and August', the princijcil sealinu' months in Bering Sea. 



All the, L". include .Inly, except one. who thinks the close season should end on 

 .Jnlv \~>. 



Twent v-foui 1 . or fonr-fiftliH of the witnesses, include Auu'ii-t. and 17 inciinle Se,j>- 

 tember in their proposed close -eason. 



