WINTER HABITAT THEOEY. 105 



the sea as a profession for twenty years, and Seals found in 



r . lat - 40 ° N - aud 



who made a careful investigation for six years lon s- 172 ° w « 



of the winter resorts of the Alaskan seals for the 

 purpose of hunting them during that season, says: 

 "All reports tend to show there must be an im- 

 mense feeding ground between latitude 40° and 

 42° north and extending from longitude 172° 

 west to 135° west. * * * The reports of 

 these vessels all show for the months of Novem- 

 ber, December and January, large bodies of fur- 

 seal in this locality." 1 In a volume entitled 

 "List of Reported Dangers in the North Pacific 

 Ocean," compiled by the United States Hydro- 

 graphic Office and published in 1871, mention 

 is made of an area about 40° north latitude and 

 150° to 151° west longitude where the sea 

 swarmed with seals. 2 It is evident, therefore, 

 that the limited range of the fur-seal during its 

 migration, as depicted by the Commissioners, is 

 erroneous. 



From the further data collected and mentioned , Ne y migration 



chart presented 



above a new migration chart has been con-JJ^ 11 Counter 

 structed, correcting and modifying the one sub- 

 mitted with the Case of the United States. The 

 attention of the Tribunal of Arbitration is here- 

 with directed to this chart, which the United 



1 Walter H. Ferguson, post p. 362. 

 ■ Post p. 288. 



