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nor do they give birth to their young on the kelp. I do not consider 



it right to kiJl the mother seal before she has given 



birth to her young pup; I do not think they should be gafy"*''*'"'"' ''^*'^^- 



killed until six weeks after giving birth to their young. 



The hunter tries to shoot the seals in the head or through the heart. I 



left the vessel at Clayquot and arrived at Victoria on the 1st of April; 



the vessel is out now. 



John A. Swain. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 22d day of April, A. D. 

 1892. 

 [sEAi,.] Levi W. Myers, 



United States Consul. 



