582 APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



XII. — Evidence of Sealers relating to Comparisons between Seals obtained 

 on the American and Asiatic Sides of the North Pacific. 



Charles Le Blanc. — " I have never noticed or detected any difference 

 in tlie seals on the two sides of the North Pacific or Behring Sea. I 

 believe them to be identical." 



Abel Douglas. — ''There is no difference that I can see in the seals 

 that go to the two groups of islands, unless it is that the seals on the 

 Eussian side are a little darker in colour." 



Abraham Billard. — " I do not know any difference between the seals 

 on the two sides of the Pacific." 



Otto Buchholz. — " I don't know any difference between the seals on the 

 Asiatic side and on the American coasts. The former may be a trifle 

 darker in colour at the same time of year, but I cannot tell one from 



another." 

 36 William G^Leary. — "I have been sealing two seasons on the 



Asiatic side of Behring Sea, and have not been able to detect 

 any difference between the seals on that side and those on the Ameri- 

 can side." 



A. R. Bissett. — "I was over to the Copper Island grounds this year. 

 My hunters got 421 seals there. The only difference between the seals 

 over there and on this side that I can see is that the Copper Island seal is 

 a little darker in colour. The seals there are not so fat as on this side.'' 



H. B. Smith.— ^^ The seals off Copper Island seem a shade darker 

 than on the eastern side, and are certainly not so fat." 



W. G. Goudie. — " I know no difference between the seals on the two 

 sides of the Ocean. I don't think there is any difference." 



George F. French. — "The only difference I have noticed in seals on 

 the two sides of the Pacific is that the Asiatic seals are a shade darker 

 on the average, and taking the average of a catch, a little larger. I 

 could not tell the skins of the two apart if I saw them together except 

 by the darker colour. Some seals are darker than others on the Amer- 

 ican side." 



FredericTc W. Strong. — " I cannot see any difference between the seals 

 on the two coasts, except that they are not nearly so wild on the 

 Asiatic side as on the American side." 



W. Shields. — "There is no difference between the seals on the Eus- 

 sian and the American side of Behring Sea unless it is that those on 

 the Eussian side are a little darker in colour." 



Colin Loclce. — "The skins taken on the Asiatic side seemed to be of 

 better quality, but there is not any difference in the animals them- 

 selves." 



Fmil Bamlose. — "I do not think there is any difference between the 

 seals on this side of Behring Sea and on the other side, unless it is that 

 on the Eussian side the seals are lighter in colour." 



Ernest Lorenz. — "I don't see any difference between seals on the 

 American and Asiatic side, and don't think anybody can. They seem 

 alike in all respects." 



Theodor Magnesen. — "I did not notice, and do not believe that there 

 is, any difference between the seals, unless it is that they are darker in 

 colour on the Eussian side." 



W. E. Baker. — " The only difference between the seals on the two 

 sides of Behring Sea that 1 have seen is that the seals are darker there 

 [on the Asiatic side]." 



