TAKEN IN SAN FRANCISCO. 403 



Deposition of Charles J. Behloic, furrier. 



pelagic catch. 



State of California, 



City and County of San Francisco, ss: 



Charles J. Behlow, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I leside in 

 tlie city and county of San Francisco, State of Cali- ^^ erience 

 fornia; I am by occupation a fur mercliant, and have ^penence. 

 been so engaged permanently for the last thirty-five years, during which 

 time I have been constantly handling large quantities of raw fur-seal 

 skins from many different localities, and I can readily distinguish the 

 respective quality, size, age, and sex. 



On the 26th instant I examined fifteen salted fur-seal skins ex-schooner 

 JRose Sparks from the North Pacific Ocean, and fonnd ^ n- i 

 the same to be fresh skins taken off" the aminal within of the Rose sparL. 

 two months. They were killed in the North Pacific, 

 and that they are of the skins known as the Northwest Coast seals, and 

 belonged to the herd which have their rookery on the Pribylov Islands. 



The lot contained: 2 skins of the fur seal (matured); ^. , , , . . 



„ , . J, , , ,. 1 T '^ ,. ' ' Kinds of skms m 



2 skms 01 the lur-seal gray pup under one year or age the catch, 

 (sex doubtful); 11 skins of the fur-seal cow (matured). Mostly females. 

 And from the shape of the latter most all of these cows 

 must have been heavy with pup, and some cut out of them when cap- 

 tured. 



Chs. J. Behlow. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of July, A. D. 1892. 

 [seal.] Clement Bennett, 



Notary Fublic. 



Deposition of Charles J. Behloiv, furrier. 

 pelagic catch. 



State of California, 



City and County of San Francisco, ss : 



Charles J. Behlow, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I reside in 

 the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, and I am 

 by occupation a fur merchant and have been so en- 

 gaged permanently for the last thirty-five years, during Experience. 

 which time I have been constantly handling large quantities of raw fur- 

 seal skins from many different localities, and I can readily distinguish 

 the respective quality, size, age, and sex. 



On the 29th instant I examined 2,170 salted fur-seal skins ex-schooner 

 Fd. E. Webster, that were taken by said schooner off the ^ . ■ 

 coast of Japan in the Pacific Occam I found them to be catch ''oT't'he eX e. 

 fresh skins skinned off the animal within four months ^''«''*<«''- 

 last past, and that they are of the class of skins known as Russian seals, 



