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went over toward St. Paul Island, but were driven away by a revenue 

 cutter. We cruised around in the sea till the latter part of October, 

 when we started for home. Our entire catch for that females, percent- 

 season was 1,270 skins. I think we got on an average age of. 

 about two males to ten females. An experienced waste of nfe. 

 hunter would get one out of every three that he shot or en?cd° *'*''' ^^^°"' 

 killed, and a green hunter would get about one out of Hunter, iuexperi- 

 every seven or eight that he shot or killed. '^°'^'^'^- 



Charles Adair. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day of April, A. D. 1893« 

 [seal.] Clejlent Bennett, 



Notary Public. 



I>e])osUion of Charles J. Behloic, furrier, San Francisco. 



pelagic catch. 

 State of California, 



City and County of San Francisco, ss: 



Charles J. Behlo w, being duly sworn, deposes and says : I reside in San 

 Francisco, State of California, and am by occupation 

 a fur merchant, and have been so engaged permanently ^p''"®^^'^- 

 for the last thirty- tive years, during which time I have been constantly 

 handling large quantities of raw fur-seal skins from all different loca- 

 tions, and can readily distinguish the respective quality, size, age, and 

 sex. On May 7 of this year I examined 355 salted 

 fur-seal skins, ex-steamer Umatilla from Victoria, thf u^mS^ity^. "^ 

 and found the same to be fresh skins taken off the 

 animal within three months. They were killed in the North Pacific. 

 On examination I found they were the skins known as the northwest 

 coast seals, and belong to the herd which have their jsrorthwest 

 rookery on the Pribilof Islands. The lot contained 310 seals! 

 skins of the fur-seal cow (matured). From the shape -^^.^^^ ^jj 

 of the skin most all of these cows must have been 

 heavy with pup, and same cut out of them when cajitured. Eighteen 

 skins of the fur-seal male (matured). Twenty-seven skins of the fur- 

 seal gray pup, from C to 9 months old ; sex doubtful. 



On June 2, I examined 78 salted fur-seal skins, ex-steamer Walla 

 Walla from Victoria, and found the same to be fresh 

 skins taken off the animal within three months. They f^''w'^l^%aua%n 

 were killed in the North Pacific. 



On examination I found they were the skins known as the North- 

 west Coast seals, and belong to the herd" which have 

 their rookery on the Pribilof Islands. The lot contained Northwest Coast 

 06 skins of the fur-seal cow (matured). From the shape ^"Nearly au pregnant. 

 of the skin most all of these cows must have been 

 heavy with pup, and same cut out of them when captured. Five skins 

 of the fur-seal male (matured). Seven skins of the fur-seal gray pup, 

 from 6 to 9 months old. Sex doubtful. 



On June 7 I examined 268 salted fur-seal skins ex-steamer Umatilla 

 from Victora, and found the same to be fresh skins taken 

 off the animal within three months. They were killed 

 in the North Pacific. On examination I found they NrrThw'e's^Toast 

 were the skins known as the Northwest Coast seals, ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ 

 and belong to the herd which have their rookery "^''^^y preguan . 

 on the Pribilof Islands. The lot contained 212 skins 

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