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APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



127 maTiiier." — ("Monograph of 

 North American Pinnipeds,'' 

 p. 380.) 



"All of the seals between 4 and 

 6 years of age pass a large portion 

 of their time during the day in the 

 water, returning to the shore at 

 night. While in the water they 

 swarm along the shore of the breed- 

 ing places watching for opportuni- 

 ties of mating with any females 

 that may chance to be in the 

 water." — ("Monograph of North 

 American Pinnii)eds,''p. 388.) 



" Owing to the large number of 

 young males constantly in the 

 water about the rookeries, in addi- 

 tion to the beach-masters, all the 

 females were impregnated before 

 the K)th August." — ("Monograph 

 of North American Pinnipeds," p. 

 390.) 



8. "As soon as the males in the 

 line nearest the shore get each 

 seven or eight females in their pos- 

 session, those higher up watch their 

 opportunity and steal them from 



them In the average 



there are about fifteen females to 

 one beach-master." — (" Monogra]>h 

 of North American Pinnipeds," 

 p. 385.) 



9. In his Report to the Secretary 

 of the Treasury, dated the 11th 

 October, 1875, Mr. Bryant says: 



"The stock of breeding bulls has 

 decreased by loss from age and 

 other causes so much faster than 

 there has been young seals grown 

 to replace them, that its present 

 condition is only equal to the pres- 

 ent demand, and the stock of half 

 bulls, or those to mature in the 

 next two years, is not sufficient to 

 meet the wants of the increase in 

 the females. Under these circum- 

 stances, I feel it my duty to recom- 

 mend that for the next two years 

 the number of seals to be taken for 

 their skins be limited to 85,000 per 

 annum." — (H. 11., 44th Congress, 

 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 83, p. 178.) 



"At the usual time, however, 

 15th June [1873], the rookeries 

 were occupied by the beach-mas- 

 ters, but there were a smaller num- 



8. 



"The average seen at one time 



while I was on the islands was from 

 fifteen to twenty to a bull. . . . 

 I am of the opinion that a bull 

 could, if necessary, serve 75 to 100 

 cows during a season." — (United 

 States Case, Appendix, vol. ii, p. G.) 



9. " During my observation only 

 one class of bachelor seals on the 

 islands showed any deficiency in 

 numbers, and I accounted for this 

 fact in my Report to the Secretary 

 of the Treasury, dated the 5th Sep- 

 tember, 1872, from which 1 quote : 

 K . . . There is now only a 

 deficiency of one class, that of 4- 

 and 5-year-old seals.'" — (United 

 States Case, Appendix, vol. ii, p. 7.) 



