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Robert McKeil. — " I have noticed no difference in the seals on the 

 Asiatic and on the American side of B eh ring Sea, unless it is that the 

 seals are darker on the other side. I certainly could not tell them apart 

 in the water." 



U. P. Miner. — "I have seen many thousand skins from both the Asi- 

 atic and American sides of Behring Sea, and could never see any dif- 

 ference between them, and do not believe that any one could. I sealed 

 on both sides this year, and do not believe that any one could separate 

 my Copper Island skins from the American coast skins." 



Joseph Hall. — "1 do not know of any difference between the seals on 

 the two sides of the Pacific, except that the seals on the Asiatic side 

 seem a shade darker on the breast, but some of the seals here are 

 exactly like those on the Asiatic side. The seals on the two sides are 

 exactly alike in shape, but those on the Asiatic side, especially bulls, do 

 not seem so fat as the American." 



Neil Morrison. — " So far as my experience goes, I believe the fur on 

 the seals of the Asiatic side to be slightly thicker and darker than that 

 of the seals on this side, but in other respects the seals on the two sides 

 are exactly the same." 



John Williams. — " The only difference I noticed between the two lots 

 of skins was that the Copper Island skins seemed to me a little lighter 

 in colour, certainly not darker." 



John Christian. — " I cannot detect any difference between seals on 

 the American and Asiatic coasts." 



Matthew McGrath. — "I took seals on both sides of the Pacific Ocean 

 this year, and saw many others, but I could not see, and do not believe 

 there is, any difference between the animals frequenting the two 

 places." 



Walter Heay. — "I don't see any difference between seals on Copper 

 Island side and American side, except that they are a little darker on 

 the breast and belly, and a little tamer." 



Joseph J. BecMnghdm. — " I was over on the Eussian side this year, 

 but could not see any difference between the seals there and those on 

 the American side." 



37 jET. 8. Algar. — "There is no difference, as far as I could ever 



see, between the seals on the Asiatic side of Behring Sea and 



on the American side as regards size, shape, general appearance, &c." 



Hiram B. Jones. — " There is no difference between the seals on the 

 Japan coast and on the American coast. I took 1,817 skins on the 

 Japan coast, and saw enough seals to be able to form a good idea as 

 to whether the animals on both sides of the Pacific Ocean were the 

 same, and I consider that they are the same." 



Edward Cantillion. — "I sealed on the Asiatic side this year, and 

 could notice no particular difference between the skins found there and 

 those found on the American side." 



Albert G. Folger. — "I have killed thousands of seals on the Japan 

 coast and on this side, and there is no difference between them; none 

 of the men I hunted with could tell them apart; I don't believe that 

 any man could tell them apart." 



Albert J. Bertram. — "The seals look larger there [on the Asiatic 

 side], but otherwise I see no difference between them and the seals on 

 this side." 



Andrew 3fcGarva. — "The seals on the Copper Island side are a little 

 darker in colour, I think, than those on the American side." 



