OBSERVATIONS OF SEALS AT SEA. 



Eeport No. 1 of seals seen by U. S. S. Adams. 



Date, 1892 



July 



20 



Hour. 



3-4 a. m. 

 4-5 " 

 5-6 " 

 (5-7 " 

 7-8 " 

 8:30-9" 

 11 " 

 12:20 p.m. 

 12:45 " 



1:20 " 



1:30 " 



1:35 " 



3:30 " 



5:20 " 



5:24 " 



5:27 " 



6:45 " 



7:00 " 



4 p.m. 

 5.45 " 

 6.25 " 



5 " 

 6 



6.30 " 

 4.30 a.m 

 8-9 " 

 12-1 p.m 

 4-5 " 

 6-7 " 

 7-8 " 

 12-1 " 

 2-3 " 

 3-4 " 

 4-7 " 

 4 a.m 



Position: Latitude and longi 

 tude. 



Lat. 55° N., long. 167° 45'W. 

 " 55° 10' " " 168° 



55° 30' 

 55° 50' 

 56° 



St. George 



168° 10' 



168° 15" 

 168° 50" 

 169° ' 



Lat, 57° N., long. 170° W. 

 11 55° 45'" " 171° 30'" 



Lat. 56° 20' N., long 170° 50' AY 

 """57"' 

 39'" 

 45' " 

 40'" 

 40'" 

 17'" 



56° 38' 

 56° 27' 

 56° 07' 

 55° 50' 

 55° 45' 

 55° 11' 

 55° 07' 

 55° 05' 

 55° 

 56° 



170° 

 171° 

 171° 

 171° 

 171° 

 171° 

 171° 

 170° 

 170° 

 170° 



Seals seen. 



4 

 NE. 5 . 

 NE.25 . 

 NE. 9 . 



4 



SW. 



SE 



TOW.! 



NW 

 NE . 



SW. 

 E... 



SW. 



SW. 



NW. 



~ ■- 

 s 9 



Distance 

 from 

 islands. 



Thos. Nelson, 

 Commander, 77. S. Navy, Commanding. 



Cnalaska, Alaska, July SI, 1893. 

 Forwarded for the information of the State Department. 



K. D. Evans, 

 ComJr., 77. S. Navy, Comdg. 77. S. Naval Force, Bering Sea. 



True copy from the records of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, December 22, 1892. 



E. M. Ramsay, 

 Chief of Bureau. 



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