TAKEN IN SAN FRANCISCO. 467 



killed seals 250 miles from the Pribilof Island, with milk. I think if all 

 sealing was prohibited Ixom January 1, to August 15, pj^tection 

 in the North Pacific -Ocean and Bering Sea it would ro »« ioi»- 

 give sufficient protection to the seal. 



G. E. Miner. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of April, 1892. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



Deposition of Eddie Morehead, sealer {boat-puller). 

 pelagic sealing. 



State of California, 



City and County of San Francisco, ss: 

 Eddie Morehead, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 

 21 years of age; I reside in San Francisco; my occu- 

 pation is that of a longshoreman. I have been em- Experience. 

 ployed on a sealing vessel as a cabin boy and boat- randerbut isss. 

 puller; I made oiie voyage on the Vanderbilt in the 

 North Pacific in 1888; Ave did not go in the Bering Sea. We left in the 

 early part of March; she was lost on that voyage in a storm, going 

 ashore at company's harbor. We caught between 500 and 000 seals. 

 We commenced shooting along the coast of California, following the 

 seals to the Aleutian Islands. We had six small boats on board, each 

 boat having three men, a hunter and two men to pull. They sliot both 

 with rifles and shotguns. The rifle was considered the best to use, 

 as the shotgun would wound more. We shot at every- 

 thing in sight. We killed more females than males, ^°'i'««"°>'°^t«- 

 and we lost a good many that we killed. I never saw m^e^''"''*^ ^^^^""^ ^^' 

 nor heard of any young pups being born in the water. 

 The shooting was all done from the small boats. 



Ed. Morehead. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of April, A. D, 1892. 

 [SEAL.] Clement Bennett, 



Notary Public. 



Deposition of Frank Moreau, sealer. 



pelagic sealing. 



Be it remembered, that on the 26th day of February, 1892, at mv 

 office, 431: California street, in the city and county of San Francisco, 

 State of California, before nie, Clement Bennett, a notary public in and 

 for said city and county of San Francisco, State of California, duly 

 appointed and commissioned to administer oaths, etc., personally ap- 

 peared Frank Moreau, who, being first duly sworn, testified as follows : 



Frank Moreau, having been duly sworn, testified as follows: 

 The Notary : 



Q. What is your name, age, residence, and occupation? — A. My name 

 is Frank Moreau; age, 32; residence, San Francisco; occupation, seal 

 hunter. 



