Glfi APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



8. The food of seals on tlie coast is mostly salmon. On the Asiatic 

 side mostly squid. 



9. In the "Minnie" in 1890 I had Indian hunters. They used spears, 

 and guns now and then to shoot "travellers." 



10. On the coast I got more females than males, but on the Asiatic 

 coast we get more bulls than on the American side. We got a few 

 barren cows on the Asiatic side this year. 



11. Cows with young in them are very hard to get at. They are gen- 

 erally on the watch, and make away as soon as a boat conies near. 

 We don't kill old bulls as a rule; they are of little value, and difficult 

 to handle because of the size and weight. 



12. I don't know any difference between the seals of the Asiatic side 

 and American coasts. The former may be a trifle darker in colour at 

 the same time of the year, but I cannot tell one from another. The 

 hunters thiidc the seals on the Asiatic side a little tamer in the tirst of 

 the season than on this side. 



13. In 1890 I sealed in Behriug Sea in July. I got a few female seals 

 in milk; none carrying pups. We sealed from 35 to 50 miles from the 

 Pribyloff, Islands. 



14. 1 don't know of any schooners being in Behriug Sea this year 

 except those seized. 



59 And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing 



the same to be true, and by virtue of "The Act respecting Extra- 

 judicial Oaths." 



(Signed) Otto Buchholz. 



Signed and declared by the said Otto Buchholz before me, the Under- 

 signed, a Notary Public duly commissioned, and residing and practising 

 at the city of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, this 19th 

 day of October, A. D. 1892. 



[seal.] (Signed) Arthur L. Belyea, 



A Notary Fuhlic in and for the Province of British Columbia. 



Declaration of William O^Leary. 



Dominion of Canada, 



Province of British Columhia, City of Victoria, 



I, William O'Leary, of the city of Victoria and Province of British 

 Columbia, do solemnly and sincerely declare: 



1. That I first hunted the fur-seal in 1886, and have been sealing 

 every year since, as master each year. 



2. In 1886 I was on the schooner "Pathfinder," now the "Pioneer," 

 and sealed along the coast into Behring Sea. In 1887 I was on the same 

 vessel and made about the same cruize. In 1888 I was on the " Teresa," 

 but did not go into Behring Sea that year. The following year I 

 was again on the "Pathfinder," and went again into Behring Sea. 

 I brought the "Ocean Belle" around the Horn in 1890, and sealed on her 

 for about three months — April, May, and June — and then took charge 

 of the "Walter L. Bich," and went into Behriug Sea. Last year, 

 1891, I was on the "Ocean Belle" for the whole season, and this year 

 on the "Geneva." 



3. I have always hunted a little in the stern boat, and have never 

 lost many seals by sinking. This year I killed thirty-four, and did not 

 lose one of them by sinking. From talking with my hunters I would 

 say that from 1 to 5 per cent, of the seals killed are lost by sinking. 



