TAKEN AT NICHOLAS BAY. 295 



be born iu the water or on tlie laud around British .1 „• i • ti 



Columbia or 4 laska. JSTever kuew auy fur-seal to haul ''P'^^sic 

 up ou the laud in British Columbia or Alaska. Have never killed an 

 old bull in my life, nor have 1 seen one the last few years. 



his 



Luke x Frank. 



mark. 



Witness to his mark: 

 J, M, Potter. 

 A. W. Lavender. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this lltli day of May, 1892. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United IStatcs Treatmry Agent. 



Deposition of King Kaslaca, scaler. 



PELAGIC SEALING. 



Kin i>- Kaskwa, being duly sWorn, deposes and says: I was born at 

 Howkau, and reside there! Have lived there all my 

 life, and am now a very old man; about 05 years old. Experience. 

 My occupation is that of a hunter. Have hunted fnr- 

 seal thirteen years or more. Have always hunted them in Dixon s 

 Entrance and off" Prince of Wales Island between March and June. 

 Hunt them until the last of May, when the seal dis- ^.^ . 

 ai)pear, going north. I always use the shotgun for Jsr-'^ion. 

 killing seal. I lose about four out of ten that I shoot. Fifty per cent kiiica 

 About 50 per cent of the seals taken arc cows with pup. p^'^s'^''^'^* **"«''ies. 

 Have killed a few old bulls, and have taken a few yearlings every 

 season. We can not tell the difference between a male 

 and a female in the water, but kill everything that comes . Jnfiiscriuunato i^iii- 

 near the boat. When I was a young man the seal 

 were very plentiful around here, but since the schooners began hunt- 

 ing them they have become very scarce. The white Decrease 

 hunter destroyed the sea-otter and will soon destroy 

 the seal. I don't like to see the schooners around here huntiug 

 seal, for they kill everything they see, and unless they protectio 

 aie stopped the seal will soon be all gone. The sea- 

 otter is already gone. Have never seen fur-seal pups No pelagic birtb. 

 born in the water or on the land in British Columbia or Alaska. Have 

 never seen any fur-seal hauled up on the land anywhere, nor have I ever 

 heard of any being hauled up ou the land either in British Columbia or 

 Alaska. 



liis 



King x Kaskwa. 



UKuk. 



Witness to his mark: 

 J. M. Potter, 

 A. W. Lavender. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this ITtli day of May, 1892. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



