416 TESTIMONY 



After the mother seals have given birth to their young on the islands. 



Females feedin<r 80 ^^® ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ Water to fccd and bathe, and I have 

 toiotrmik^fromPrib- observcd them, not only around the islands, but from 

 iiof Islands. 80 to 100 miles out at sea. 



In different years, the feeding grounds or the location where the 

 greater number of seals are taken by i^oachers seem to differ; in other 

 words, the seals frequently change feeding grounds. For instance, in 

 1887, the greatest number of seals were taken by poachers between 

 Unamak, Akatan Passes, and the seal islands, and to the southwest- 

 ward of St. George Island. In 1889, the catching was largely done to 

 the southward and eastward, in many cases from 50 to 150 miles dis- 

 tant from the seal islands. In the season of 1890, to 

 onec^(SnVg"ouuds"^ ^^^ soutliward and southward and westward, also to 

 northwest and northeast of the islands, showing that 

 the seals havebeen scattered. The season of 1891, the greatest number 

 were taken to northward or westward of St. Paul, and at various dis 

 tances from 25 to 150 miles away. 



On my cruise to St. Matthews and Unamak Island, we did not dis- 

 cover any seal within 25 or 30 miles of those islands, nor do I 



„ ,. ^ - know of or believe that the seals haul out upon land m 



Haulms out only on ,. ; i i • , ,. ^t, • r-i ; ■ 



PribUof Islands. aiiy ot the American waters o± Bering Sea, except at 



the Pribilof Islands. If the seal life is to be preserved 



Protection ueces for Commercial purposes, the seals must be protected, 



^^'^^' not only in the Bering Sea, but in the water along the 



Pacific coast ti'om the Aleutian Passes to the Columbia Eiver. 



Wash. C. Coulson, 

 Ccq)faiu, U. 8. Revenue Marine. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of April, A. D., 

 ] 892. 



[L. S.] 



Clement Bennett, 



Notary Piihlic. 



Deposition ofLcander Cox, marine engineer, sailing since 1871 between San 

 Francisco and Bering Sea. 



pelagic sealing. 



State of California, 



City and County of San Francisco, ss: 



Leander Cox, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 53 

 years of age. I am by occupation a marine engineer. I reside in 



_, . San Francisco. I first went to the Bering Sea in 



Experience. -. ,-.„^ •, ■, i . ,, ■,,.*' ^,^„. 



1871, and have been going there annually since 1874. 

 During the winter time I have been eini)loyed as engineer on a pas- 

 senger vessel running between here and Victoria, British Columbia, 

 making occasional trix)s south to San Diego, Cal. I saw but very few 

 seals between here and San Diego, but north from here to Victoria I 

 have formerly seen large herds of them sleeping and playing on the 



water during the winter and spring months. In May 



Migration. ^^^ Jiuie they congregate about the passes to enter 



the Bering Sea, and I have seen them in great numbers at this time. 



During my annual cruising in Bering Sea and to and from the Pribilof 



Islands I have carefully noted the number and appearance of seals in 



