94 COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



108 DR. NOYES. 



Dr. L. A. Noyes, agent of lessees : 



Ci^e^Appendix^ From the time the hulls haul out in May till they leave in Septem- 

 vol. ii, p. 80. ' her, &c. 



MR. FALCONER. 



Mr. Falconer, Treasury Agent : 



Ibid., p. 106. He [the hull seal] has come earlier than formerly to the islands, 



having arrived in May They depart in August and Sep- 



temher. 



EVEN THESE STATEMENTS DO NOT PROPERLY REPRE 

 SENT LENGTH OF STAY OF MAIN BODY OF SEALS. 



All tlie above periods of stay on tlie islands would, how- 

 ever, be very materially reduced if the period of stay of 

 the main body of seals of each class were alone taken into 

 account; and it is moreover to be remembered that, as above 

 stated, they refer only to the periods during which the seals 

 are found on or about the islands. As a matter of fact, the 

 old bulls are the only seals which remain continuously for 

 any lengthened period ashore, all other classes spending a 

 considerable portion of the time in the adjacent water. It 

 „?I!!.l^'lo^°wVis besides more than probable that many of the bachelors, 

 port, pp. 14, 76. as well as the virgin cows, it they haul out upon the islands 

 at all, do so for very brief periods only. 



INDIVIDUAL SEALS, MOREOVER, SPEND MUCH TIME IN 

 THE WATER EVEN WHILE AT THE ISLANDS. 



Maynard, 44th In fact, the evidcuce proves that the different classes of 

 seM^^'^H.'^'E., Ex! seals resort to the islands at different dates and for differ- 

 Doc.43, p. 4.' ent jieriods. Moreover, of the classes that are ashore, Avith 

 the exception of the breeding seals, it is probable that at 

 least one- third of the number are at any given time disport- 

 ing themselves in the watei's immediately adjacent to the 

 rookeries. But while it is true to say that the great body 

 of the seals commence to come ashore in May and June, 

 and to.leave in September and October, it will be seen that 

 no single class of seals resorts to the shore for the aggre- 

 gate period thus included. 



PROFESSOR ALLEN GIVES 4 MONTHS AS AVERAGE TIME 



OF RESIDENCE. 



United States lu fact, Pi'ofessor J. A. Allen, in his article specially pre- 

 vom' '^Wo^^'^' pared for the United States Case, says of the eared seals 

 ^ " ' '' ^' ( Otaridce) generally : 



They are polygamous, and resort to the land to hreed, where they 

 spend almost continuously about one-third of tlie year. 



UNITED STATES CONTENTION AS TO LENGTH OF STAY THUS 

 DISPROVED BY EVIDENCE IN UNITED STATES CASE. 



It is thus established that on the data as given in the 

 CjSe,"in!. S^! Case of the United States, no statement to the effe<-t that 

 32-. the fur-seal spends even half of the year ashore can be sub- 



stantiated. 



