APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



483 



George Wardman {1881-85). 



After having told the Committee 

 ill 1888 til at lie liad measured all 

 the rookeries carefully, Wardmau 

 was asked — 



" Q. L)o you put it [the number 

 of seals] at the same numbers an- 

 nually? — A. About. I think the 

 breeding- seals on the rookeries 

 come in about the same num- 

 bers."— (H. E., 50th Congress, L'nd 

 Session, Report No. 3883, p. 39.) 



No reference to increase any- 

 where in evidence before House of 

 Representatives Committee. 



Raids referred to in fl. R. Re- 

 port No. 3883, 50th Congress, 2nd 

 Session, pp. 34, 35, o^j 39. 



"I made careful examination of 

 the rookeries each year, and after 

 the tirst year I compared my year- 

 ly observations, so that I might 

 arrive at some conclusion as to 

 whether it was j)ossible and expe- 

 dient to increase our portion of the 

 quota of skins to be taken on St. 

 George Island without injuriously 

 affecting seal life there. I am 

 satisfied, irom my observations, 

 that the breeding-grounds on St. 

 George covered greater areas in 

 1884 than in 1881, and that seal life 

 materially increased between those 

 dates." — (United States Case, vol. 

 ii, p. 178.) 



No mention is made of raids in 

 printed affidavit. 



130 



W. B. Taylor {1881). 



1. "So far as our observation 

 went, and from what we knew from 

 information obtained from those 

 who had been there a number of 

 years, the rookeries were at this 

 time [1881] about as full as they 

 ever were." — (H.R. ,50th Congress, 

 2nd Session, Report No. 3883, p. 44.) 



2. "Q. When does the young 

 seal first go to the water? — A. I 

 do not think I can be accurate in 

 any statement as to that; I did 

 know." — (H. R., 50th Congress, 2nd 

 Session, Re])ort No. 3883, j), 50.) 



3. "Sometimes young seals will 

 come about the village, just as iilay- 

 ful, so far as anything of that kind 

 is concerned, as a cat or dog would 

 be, but of course you cannot domes- 

 ticate them, because tliey will not 

 eat anything outside of the Sea." — 

 (H. R., 50th Congress, 2nd Session, 

 Report No. 3883, p. 55.) 



4. "I believe that the capacity 

 of the bull seal is limited the same 

 as any other animal, and I have 

 frequently counted from thirty to 

 thirty-iive, and even at one time 



1. "From carefully observing 

 the grounds formerly occupied by 

 breeding seals, as pointed out to 

 me by the natives, and from state- 

 ments made me by those on the 

 island, I believe there were more 

 seals on the islands in 1881 than 

 in any one year previous to that 

 time." — (United States Case, vol. 

 ii,p. 176.) 



2. "From my observations I am 

 convinced that a pup must be 6 or 

 8 weeks old before it can swim." — 

 (United States Case, vol. ii, p. 170.) 



3. "I believe that a seal is nat- 

 urally a land animal." — (United 

 States Case, vol. ii, p. 176.) 



4. "It is my opinion that a bull 

 is able to serve three to five cows 

 a-day, and certainly over 100 a 

 season." — (United States Case, vol. 

 ii, p. 177.) 



