TAKEN AT VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 329 



outside of tlie legal jurisdiction of the United States. I have never 



known fur seal to haul out upon any part of the coast 



of the United States," British Columbia, or Alaska, isS"^*""'^'"'*^'' 



except the Pribilof Islands. All parts of the coast 



have been visited by the seal-hunters, and if seal hauled out any place 



it would have been known bv the hunters. I have „ , , 



, , i T • . 1 j_ j_i • Not born in water. 



never known the fur-seal to give birth to their young 

 in the water. 



Victor Jackobson. 



Subscribed and sworn to before uie this 13th day of June, 1892. 

 [SEAL] C. L. Hooper, 



N'otary Puhlic, District of Alaslai. 



Dc2)ositlon of James Jamieson, sealer (boat-puUer and mate). 



pelagic sealing. 



Province of British Columbia, 



City of Victoria, ss : 



James Jamieson, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 23 

 years old, and am by occupation a seaman ; I reside at Experience. 

 Victoria, British Columbia. In March, 1887, 1 joined the 

 British sealing schooner Mary Taylor, McKiel, master, ^"''^ ^''^''"'' '^^'• 

 at Victoria, British Columbia. We went on a cruise for seal; 1 was a 

 boat puller. She carried five sealing boats, manned with three white 

 men each. There were three Indians with us i)art of the season. We 

 used breech-loading shotguns and Winchester rifies. We began to 

 seal when about 20 miles off Caj^e Flattery. We worked towaixl the 

 northwest and cajitured between GO and 100 seals on the coast, 

 about two-thirds of which were females, with pup; the 

 balance were yearlings consisting of male and female; pitgn^ntf^a^ies.'^'^^ 

 after which we ran into Barclay Sound for supplies, 

 from which place we worked to the northward toward the Bering Sea. 

 We captured about 80 seals while en route to the sea; about two-thirds 

 of these were females, with i^up, the balance being yearlings about 

 one-half male and one-half female. 



In the latter part of January we entered the Bering Sea through the 

 Uiiamak Pass, and commenced sealing there. We inBerino^sea 

 captured about 800 seals at a distance from the rook- ^ ^""^ 

 eries on the Pribilof Islands of from 20 miles to 200 Tiuee-fourtiis of 

 miles ; about three-fourths of the catch in the sea was ^\king\maVe^f 2o^to 

 female seals in milk, the balance consisting of year- 200 miTes from 'rook- 

 lings and male seals. We returned to Victoria, British ®"^®" 

 Cohimbia, some time in August. 



In January, 1888, I joined the Mountain Chief, Jacobson, master, at 

 Victoria, British Columbia. I was mate on this vessel. 

 She carried ten canoes, each manned by two Indians, ig^"""*"'" t/'^*«/. 

 who used spears while hunting the seal. We began 

 sealing along the coast, and captured about 85 seals, after which we 

 sailed into Barclay Sound, when I left the J\[ountain Chief and joined 

 the German schooner Adele as a cook. Hanson was ^^ ^ggg 



captain of the AdeJe. We proceeded up the coast and '^**' 

 took on sixteen Indian sealers and eight canoes. We then sealed 



