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Island, and landed there. We got 400 skins. We saw no one ashore, 

 but saw a cutter while we were anchored under a high blufl". It was 

 about 2 miles off, anchored near the village. We went right into the 

 bay there, though we saw the cutter, for we were bound to get seals. 

 We anchored about 10 o'clock, and lowered boats and went ashore. 

 We left about 4 o'clock in the morning. We clubbed the seals, and 

 brought them on board without skinning them. We got away without 

 being seen, and were out of sight of the island before daylight. We 

 then came straight home. Two years ago this coming winter we raided 

 the sau>e rookery in the 'Adele,' and got 400; we saw neither cutter 

 nor people, we anchored about 9 o'clock, and went away about 6 

 o'clock in the morning. No one saw us. We then came back; 400 is 

 a fair night's work. The seals are easily got. We drive them to the 

 edge of the water, and kill them there; the tide and waves wash the 

 blood away." 



8. L. BecJcwith says: " I was mate on the vessel 'Alexander,' belong- 

 ing to Hermann Liebes, of which Captain Carlson was master. In 1880 

 or thereabouts I went uj) in her to Behring Sea, and was one of those 

 who went ashore from her on Otter Island, one of the Pribyloff group, 

 for the purpose of making a raid, and got over 300 skins. I do not 

 remember how many exactly, but all we could find — all there were 

 there." 



F. J. CrocTcer. — "I have also taken part in raiding other islands 

 [besides Robben Reefj, but I do not care to give any statement about 

 them without the permission of the owners of the vessels." 



John Cole was on steam-schooner "Challenge," and describes the 

 raid made on St. George Island in November 1891. 



Robert Ho^pe was also on the " Challenge" at that time, and describes 

 the raid. 



XYI. — Reference of Affidavits relating to the absence of Sealing Vessels 



from Behring Sea in 1892. 



Charles Le Blanc. Charles Lutjens. 



Otto Buchholz. Charles Hartiwen. 



William G. Goudie. Milton Scott. 



E. P. Miner. John Worth. 



Charles Campbell. William Hermann. 



Thomas H. Brown. John Figuera. 



Edward Cantilhon. Lee J. Thiers. 



Thomas Garner. Adolphe F. Carlson. 



George Scott. P. E. Petersen. 



George Wester. P. Carlson. 



