56 HABITS OF THE PUR-SEALS. 



Sir f. McCoy as referring- in a footnote to the work of Sir F. 



an authority. 



McCoy, already mentioned herein. 1 The fol- 

 lowing- is the statement as it appears in the arti- 

 cle referred to and is an extract from the letter 

 of Mounted Constable Ardill, incorporated in full 

 . in said article and republished in the Appendix 

 to this Counter Case : 2 " Should a cow die or be 

 killed, her pup is suckled by the other cows. 

 This I am told is the case, but I can't vouch for 

 it." This last noted authority, which appears 

 in the Report as Sir F. McCoy, proves to be a 

 mounted constable, who makes the statement on 

 a report so untrustworthy that he will not even 

 vouch for its truth. 



The United States, therefore, claim that the 

 Commissioners have failed to advance a single 

 authority whose opinion is of value to support 

 their contention that a cow will suckle any pup 

 except her own, and that the contrary position 

 taken by the United States and sustained by 

 ample evidence 3 stands uncontroverted. 



1 Ante, p. 53. 



* Post j>. 292. 



3 N. A. Grebnitski, post p. 366, and testimony submitted with the 

 Case of the United States, Appendix, Vol. II, pp. 62, 104, 117, 

 S75, etc. 



