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SEAL LIFE ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



r Of carcasses of fur seals procured from sealvng vessels ^^J.^^^^^ ^^be 

 3utli of August indicated that the .^P^^'^s breed auiniall> tiom 

 ird year, it also yielded iuforuiatrou on the f .^ «*^ ^^''i^^k squid, 

 a and the character of their food, which appears to be pollock, squ , 

 Kill tishes, and other surface life cl letty. l>p..an' boarding 



Upon the return of ih^Alhatross to Puget ^o"^l^' y^/l^ ,^?eh for 

 ,e vessels of the sealing tleet as fast as they "^^JZ^^nn^.- 

 .e year on the different sealing grounds was '^^f ^Uame , an 

 .r -of log books kept during former ^^an.g voyages and u>n^^^^^^^^ 

 formation on the seasonal migrations ^^^^'^^^^^^'ts^r there were 

 During the months of Aug-irs .^-^.^^^1^^^^^^^ 8 American ves- 



igaged in sealing m Bering bea •;A,^'!,"^'^'i';\ ^' e latter a catch of 

 ds, the former making a catch ot 3o,u3, and tne laiic 



92-i seals. f ^f 'i^ vp^rpIs took :il ,54'J seals, 



During the same period m 1894 a «f jf^.^f.f .^.f '^'^.V^e.^ a tleet 



bile th? total Bering «ea catch tor ^^'-^^^^ .^^'^^^^^^^^^ a compari- 



f 57 vessels, making a lower average J^i ^ e>se j ^^f ^^^^^^^^ ,i,,^« 



ni of the log books of the American tleet t. tl e ^^^'^^^ ■ ^^een 

 ae sealing weather to have averaged better m lb.)o, seals g 



iken every day during the inonth ot August. engaged 



The total number of Canadian ^:^^^^'\^^^ seals from the 

 . pelagic sealing during ^^Z^^^'^,^"^::^ herd 38,732, the 

 'ribilof herd was yo,0b4, and t"'^^,;^'^;" ' ., _ ^...^..^ catch was made 

 otal being 94,396. Less than o^^e-thml o^^ f ^^^''l^^^^,, eatch in 

 ,y American vessels, while the V^«P« ^^^;\\\V^f,lk ot the American 

 Wincv Se-1 is comparatively insignihcant, the duik oi luu 



^^Ihlb'^e y^ar leaving been ina^e ^^^^^^^^^ ,ere in the 

 The operations of the «ealing^ tleet in ^eni'R^^^J ^^^ ^,^^^^],. 



^^^n^^l^lgV-nd, Plf edjPon a i.nH> i;;^-^^;^- position, 

 obtained from a large mimber ot ^f;^^"^,^^'X;ei .ing to the north- 

 seinicircular belt about (>) ^-^'l^^^^^ J^^ ,^,^' ^.ward^uid eastward 

 westward of the Pribilofs and «^^f "^ "^ |^ ^ southeast- 



around the protected --^^^;:^^l^^^fj^ll^ Islands, 

 ward limit, where seals ^^'^^^^'.^^ ;^'' '^,fp\^.5 is „ow very critical. Should 

 The condition of the American ^ffj,^^^^^^^^^^^^ the work .d" the 



„o changes be made during ^If^l^^^^" , :^,^^^^^ Pribilof Islands 



great pelagic sealing tleet, ^''^^j^^^.f J"' ,i\,rrng the coming season, be 

 will by reason of sealing m Bering bea muing _^^ ^^ 



mlucell to a comparatively -^l^^^:':^::'^ i-uid. 



ruin the seal fishery ^oninjercially at ^ea as weii yi^toria it was 



At a meeting of Canadian sealers ^^^ fj.> hem ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ 



decided that but one cruise be ma^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



in Bering Sea. The Northwest cost catch toi tu 1 ^..^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ 



unprofitable, but one vessel ^^^^ing maxle e^^^^^ 



Japanese and Eussian waters ^vas made b^re y ^^^ ^^^^ 



of an advance in the price of seal ^l^i^ ^- ^. '',,.,. it is now evident to 

 seallers is clearly the result ^^ ;^-;^;j^^^! ^f^^^^^^^^^^ further profi^t 



all persons interested in t^e 1 ^lagu^ tte xNoAh Pacific. That the seal- 



Sg ^^^^^'S^o^P^f^^ -^^ - -^^"^ ^- -'' '' 

 out of employment can not f^^ doubtef . Commander Islands 



is ^iirS^^of^the^Xi^:- W.^ ^itU the inauguration ot the 



