256 tp:stimony 



Dejjositlou of Charles Camphell, ca^ain schooner Umhrina, scaling in 

 North Pacific and Bering Sea. 



PELAGIC SEALINa, MIGRATION. 



Charles Campbell, captain of the British schooner Vmhrina^ being 

 duly sworn, deposes and says: Have commanded said schooner the last 

 two years. Have been engaged in sealing in the North Pacific Ocean and 

 Bering Sea. First seen and taken seal by me off the Columbia liiver in 

 February. The seal are constantly advancing up the coast. We fol- 

 low the seal up the coast until we enter the sea about July G. The Par- 

 ker shotgun is used by me exclusively. I have seven hunters and seven 

 boats; twenty-three men all told on the vessel. Experienced hunters 



lose very fcAV seal that are shot, but beginners lose a 

 mafifi with youn- ^''" g^eat number. Majority of seals taken are females 



with young. We caught a large number of pups in the 



Nursing females early part of the season. Did not take particular no- 



^^^^*"^- tice of the sex. Have killed cows Avith milk about (iO 



miles off the Pribilof Islands. A few old bulls were killed by me last 



^ ,. . . , .„ season. Can not distinguish the sex of the seal in the 



IiKliscniiunate Kill- . j_ • J_^ "^ jy itiiii'i-j-ii 



ijQg. water, escei)t m the case of an old bull Avluch is told 



Pups not born in ^y ^^^ ^'^^^- ^sc uo discrimination but kill everything 



water nor anywhere that comes near the boat in shape of a seal Have 



Tandi*!*' ^"^^^"^ ^^" never known any seal pups to be born in the water, 



nor on the coast anyAvhere outside of the Pribilof Is- 



si?e°Prfbnof isKs." lauds. Have never known seal to Laul up anywhere 



outside of the Pribilof Islands. 



Chables Campbell. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 30tli day of April, 1892. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



I)cj)osition of Sinteon Chin-l'oo-tin, sealer, 

 PELAGIC SEALING. 



Simeon Chin k<(o tin, lieing duly sworn, deposes and says: I am GO 



years old; Avas born and reside at Sitka, and am by 



Experience. occupatiou a Seal huiiter; have been engaged in that 



business since I Avas a small boy. About the middle of 



.^^ April the first seal are seen and taken by me off Sitka 



igi.iH.n. Sound. At this time the seal are advancing up the 



coast. In early days the spe'dv Avas used in taking seal, but now the 



shotgun and ritle are used exclusively. No seal were lost when struck 



with si)ear. Fifty per cent are lost when killed with shotgun, and a 



larger proportion are lost Avhen rifle is used". IMost of 



pr^naat fen^aiii'' '^ ' the scals killed by me have been females Avith young. 



They sleep more and are less actiA-e and more easily 



captured. The few male seals taken by me I do not knoAv their ages. 



Quite a number of yearlings are taken, the majority of Avhich are females ; 



have taken a few bulls in my life; sex of the seal can 



^Imliscrimiuatek-iU- j,^^ i^^ ^^j^j ^^ ^^^ ^^.^^^,^. ^^^^^^^^ jt be an old bull. All 



Bcal are shot that come near the boat regardless of sex. 



