TAKEN AT NICHOLAS BAY. 803 



ascertain their sex. Have not killed an old bull seal for a number of 

 years, but used to kill tliem. I can not tell the sex of a .,,... 



•' 1 .' ,1 , 1 T • • i- 1 J. 1 •!! Tnaitcnuiinate kill- 



seal m the water, and use no discrimination, but kill ing. 



evervthino- that comes near my canoe in shape of a ^, , . 



TTT 1 X11-J.1 No pelairic birth. 



seal. Have never known any pups to be born in the 



water or on tlie land anywhere in Uritish Columbia or Alaska. Have 



never known any fur-seal to haul up on the land in j. 



British Columbia or Alaska. Since the white men Alaskan coast. ^'^ "'' 



with schooners l)ej4;Mi to hunt seal oft' Prince of Wales 



Island the seal have become very scarce and unless they are stoi)ped 



from hunting seal they will soon be all gone. If the 



white men are permitted to hunt seal much longer the ^^•'"ase. 



fur-seal will become as scarce as the sea otter, which rrotection. 



were quite iilenty around Dixons Entrance when I was 



a boy. The Indians are obliged to go a long way for seal now and 



often return after two or three days' hunt without taking any. 



his 



HastinctS X Yetiinow. 



mark. 



Witness to his mark: 

 J. M. Potter, 

 A. W. Lavender. 

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



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



Deposition of Walter Youn/j, sealer. 

 pelagic sealing. 



Walter Young, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I was born at 

 Howkan and have lived there all my life. I have 

 hunted fur-sealfor the past four years. Always hunted Experience. 

 in Dixons Entrance and oft Prince of Wales Island. 

 The seal all disappear about the 1st of June and go ^'s™*'""- 

 north, I think. Have always used the shotgun for taking seal. Think 

 I lose about three out of ten of those I shoot. Think the seals I have 

 killed were about half males and half females with 

 pup. The males mostly are yearlings and two and ,i^^'.° aut""tvu,Mii! 

 three year olds. I have seen old bulls in the water, kiiicd."'^" 

 but never killed one. I can not tell the difference be- 

 tween a male and female in the water. Use no discrimination, but 

 shoot everything that comes near the boat. Since the -^ ,. . . 



1 ■, I A. T _L 1J.1 1 • Indiscrinnnato kill- 



white man began to hunt seal they are becoming very ing. 

 scarce. Unless all sealing is stopped for a number of Decrease. 

 of years the seal, like the sea-otter, will soon become ex- 

 tinct. Have never seen any pups born in the water or ^^ p^'^'^sic buth. 

 on the land anywhere on the coast of Alaska or British Columbia. 

 Never known any fur-seals to haul up on the land in ,, 



.11 i> 'J.- 1 ri 1 1 • ■ no not haul lU) on 



Alaska: or British Columbia. coast. 



his 



Walter x Young. 



mark. 



Witness to his mark: 

 J. M. Potter. 

 A. W. Lavender. 

 Subscribed and sworn to before ine this llth day of May, LS92. 



A. W. Lavionder, 

 United States Treasury A(jcnt. 



