TAKEN ON OR NEAR KADIAK ISLAND. '223 



mg and tlic iiKlisfriiniiiate sliootiug of seals iu tbeoiien sea, both in the 

 North Pacific and Bering Sea. I have never known ^ ^^ ic birth 

 any fur-seal to haul out on the coast of Alaska any- opeagic 

 where excei)t on the Pribilof Islands. 



In my opinion, i)elagic hunting should be stopped altogether in order 

 to give the seal proper protection. I have resided in 

 Wrangel the last year and a half. I have never seen a ™ ^'^ ^""" 

 fur seal in any of the inland waters of Alaska, nor have I ever heard o-f 

 any being in the inland waters. 



John 0. Tolman. 



"Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of May, 1892. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Afjent. 



Deposition of Nicholas William Andersen^ hunter^ Prince William Sound 

 to Sennah Islands. 



Nicholas William Andersen, a resident of Afognak, being duly sworn, 

 deposed and said: I have been in Alaska twenty years; I have been a 

 hunter eighteen years ; I have never hunted seals; I ^^ erience 

 have been along the coast from Prince William Sound ^perience. 

 to Sennak Islands. Seals are first seen at Prince Wil- Prfnce wimam'^sound 

 liam Sound about May 1. I do not know, nor have I about May i™ 

 ever heard of any place where seals haul out or breed Pup^ ^om onjy on 

 except the seal islands of the Bering Sea. I have never PribUof isianis. ' 

 seen young seals born at sea, nor on kelp; nor do I be- 

 lieve they can live on kelp beds. If seals are shot dead poggibfj*' ^'"^^^ '™' 

 they must be picked up at once or they will sink. For 

 the preservation of seal life pelagic hunting should be sary?'"''''"'*" °'"'*'^' 

 stopi^ed. 



N. W. Andersen. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of April, 1892. 



Joseph Murray, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



Deposition of Peter C. Midler, sealer {master), residing at AfognaJc. 



HABITS. 



I, Peter C. Muller, a resident of Afognak, being duly sworn, depose 

 and say : That I have been in Alaska eight years. My occupation is 

 hunter. I am captain of a hunting schooner and start the season oif 

 Cook's Inlet. Tlie first seals are seen about May. I 

 have never been hunting seal, and have no experience oa^cookrin'iet^^**'* 

 as to how many are saved; can not say whether the 

 seals are increasing or decreasing in numbers. I have o i , . 



, 1 T f. r 1 , ■. 1 Seals haul up oulv 



never known or heard of any place where seals haul on the isiauds, auii 

 out except seal island. I have never seen any pups ""^ '''"■" ""^ ^''^p- 

 born on kelp. 



Peter 0. Muller. 

 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of April, 1892. 



Joseph Murray, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



