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W. Shields. — " This year [1892] I saw seals all tlie way across to the 

 Commander Islands, not many, but always a few. We went south of 

 the Aleutian Islands." 



A. Mathison. — "The ^ Sea Lion' left the Copper Island grounds on 

 the 13th September [1892]. I saw seals scattered -all the way over, and 

 quite a number off Cape Flattery." 



F. W. Strong.— ^^ This year [1892] the ^ Maud S,' left the Commander 

 Island grounds on the 10th September, took water at Amchitka Island, 

 and sailed direct for Victoria. We saw scattered seals every day all 

 the way over, mostly 2 and 3-year-old buUs, but some full-grown males 

 and females." 



George F. French. — "Last year [1891] the 'City of San Diego' left 

 the Copper Island grounds on or about the 28th August. T saw seals 

 all the way over to Cape Flattery. We sailed from Attn Island in as 

 straight a line as we could for Cape Flattery. The year before we left 

 there on the ' Hamilton Lewis,' about the middle of August, I saw seals 

 all the way over in mid ocean. That year we made as direct as possible 



for San Francisco." 



25 George F. French. — "Last year, 1891, when the 'City of San 



Diego' was crossing Behring Sea from Amutka Pass to Copper 



Island, we passed small bands and bunches of seals travelling rapidly 



north-easterly. This took place on three different days. The last lot 



we met were about 150 miles from the Copper Islands lam 



fully satisfied they were crossing Behring Sea to the Pribyloff Islands. 

 This was between the 5th and 12th July, 1891." 



W. G. Goudie.—'^The 'CarlottaG. Cox' left the Commander Islands 

 grounds on the 5th September this year, and sailed directly for Vic- 

 toria. I saw seals now and then over the entire course." 



W. Be Witt. — "I have been over to the Copper Island grounds twice, 

 in 1891 and 1892. In 1891 the 'Viva' crossed Behring Sea from about 

 20 miles north of Amutka Pass to the Copper Island grounds. I saw 

 seals scattered all the way over. This year the 'Sea Lion' went over 

 outside the Aleutian Islands. I saw seals in about the same way all 

 the way over." 



Captain Charles Campbell. — "I went over to the Asiatic side of Beh- 

 ring Sea last year and this year, last year throngh Behring Sea, this 

 year outside. Last year we saw seals on the way across whenever the 

 weather was fine. There was no way of telling when we saw the last 

 of the seals that frequent the Pribyloff Islands, and met the first of 

 those that were going to the Commander Islands." 



[See log of "Umbrina" for 1892.] 



Thomas H. Brown. — "Last year and this year I hunted on the Asiatic 

 side of Behring Sea in the summer. On the way across last year 

 through 'the Sea' we saw seals whenever it was fine, and got some, and 

 this year we saw some seals south of the Aleutian Islands as we went 

 across." 



J^eil Morrison., hunter. — "I was taken prisoner this year by the Eus- 

 siau man-of-war 'Zabiaka' while out hunting, and came home on the 

 'Rosie Olsen.' I saw seals all the way from Petropaulovski to within 

 500 miles of the American coast-line along the 49th parallel north. 

 This was between the 23rd August and the 10th September." 



H. 8. Browne. — "I went to the Copper Island side this year on the ' W. 

 P. Say ward,' and saw seals all the way across, and also on the way home 

 again. On the way home from Copper Island we sailed through great 



