144 



THE FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Table II. — Shoiving the number of seals that icill visit the island in the next ttoentij-tico years — a prophecy made hy Veniaminoo in 1834. 



From this table behold that — 



a. Every fifteen years, from 3,000 females, there can be received in sixteen years 24,700 seals ; in sixteen years 

 still more; and in twenty years 41,640. 



1). In the twenty first year the incomes begin to diminish, provided that if in the meantime, or the following 

 sixteen years, a ceitain number of yonng seals are not left to breed; and if every year a known number are left 

 to breed, then in all followiug years the yield will never be less than 20,000 every year. 



Table III. — Calculation as to the taking of the seals on the island of St. George, made up from two years, and based upon that experitnce. 



The actual taking of seals was as follows : 



Seals. 



In 1828 4,778 



In 1829 3,661 



In 1830 2,834 



In 1831 3,084 



In 1832 3, -496 



In 1633 3,212 I 



Peals. 



In 1834 3,051 



In 183.5 2,528 



lu 1836 , 2,E50 



In 1837 2,582 



Total 31,576 



