52 HABITS OF THE FUR-SEALS. 



Sealing chart, ber of seals seen, the locality where observed, 



1892. ' J 



and the date of the observations. 1 A comparison 

 of this chart with the sealing chart submitted, 

 with the Case of the United States, 2 the charts 

 giving the data from which the British Commis- 

 sioners drew their inferences, 3 and the chart show- 

 ing the cruises of the American squadron in 

 1892, 4 demonstrates conclusively the lack of 

 evidence to sustain the Commissioners' assertion, 

 and shows that the assumed distribution of seals 

 in Bering Sea, exhibited by charts Nos. II, III, 

 and IV of the Report, is unwarranted and mis- 

 leading. 5 It may also be noted that the Com- 

 missioners in chart II make it appear that the 

 Commander and Robben Island seals intermingle; 

 this is, however, specifically denied by Mr. Greb- 

 nitzki, the Russian official so often quoted in the 

 Report. 6 



1 Seal Chart, 1892. Portfolio of maps and charts appended, to 

 Counter Case of United States. 



2 Sealing chart. Portfolio of maps and charts appended to Case 

 of the United States. No. 4. 



3 Charts of cruises and seals seen 1891, Nos. 1 and 2. Portfolio 

 of maps and charts appended to Counter Case of the United States 



4 Chart of cruises, 1892. Portfolio of maps and charts appended 

 to Counter Case of United States. 



6 See also Capt. Hooper's investigations in 1892 as to range of 

 Pribilof seal herd in Bering Sea. Report September 6, 1892, xwst 

 p. 216. 



6 Post p. 363. Mr. Grebnitzki, the Russian military chief on the 

 Commander Islands, is so often cited by the British Commissioners 

 that the attention of the Arbitrators is particularly directed to his 

 statements, hereto appended, post pp. 362-367. 



