G46 APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OP GREAT BRITAIN. 



6. If I had a Chart of Behring Sea showiug plenty of soundings, it 

 would not be hard to tell just where I was in respect to the Pribyloft' 

 Islands when the weather is thick. 



7. That on the home trip of the ''Aurora" this year, when 40 to 60 

 miles west of Vancouver Island, I saw a seal pup not more than 3 months 

 old. All on board saw it. The stern boat put out for it, shot at it, but 

 missed it. It was among kelp. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the 

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

 Oaths." 



(Signed) George McDonald. 



78 Subscribed and declared by the said George McDonald before 



me, a Notary Public duly commissioned, and residiug and prac- 

 tising at the city of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, this 

 25th day of October, A. D. 1892, 

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



A Notary Public in and for the Province of British (Jolumhia, 



Declaration of Joseph Hall. 



Dominion of Canada, 



Province of British Columhia, City of Victoria, 



I, Joseph Hall, of the city of Victoria, in the Province of British 

 Columbia, Canada, seal hunter, do solemnly dedare: 



1. That I have been fur-seal hunting on the North Pacific Coast two 

 years. This year I sealed on the Copper Island grounds as well as on 

 the coast. In 1891 I was on the " Maggie Mac." This year I was on 

 the"C. H. Tupper." 



2. That in 1891 I got 96 seals on the coast and lost only 2. The 

 "Maggie Mac" returned to Victoria in July, which accounts for the 

 small catch — only 688 for the season. 



3. In 1892 I got 147 seals on the coast and I lost one by sinking. On 

 the Copper Island grounds I got 78 seals and lost none at all by sinking. 

 I wounded some seals, got most of them, and those that escaped were 

 not wounded badly. 



4. I have seen small bands of seals off the mouth of Columbia Eiver, 

 and all the way uj) the coast from there to the Fairweather Grounds. 

 Off" Baker's Island this year the seals were very plentiful, as well as 

 along the coast from there up to off Mount St. Elias during the month 

 of May. 



5. I saw just as many seals on the coast this year as last, but they 

 were very wild — could hardly get near them, particularly so when they 

 were in bunches — it was then almost impossible to get near enough to 

 shoot them. 



6. That I had nothing to do with skinning the seals, and do not know 

 how many males and females I got in either year. I remember one day 

 this year though when we got 113 seals, and they Avere all but 10 or 15 

 bulls. 



7. On the Copper Island side this year I am sure we got no females 

 in pup, and I only remember seeing one in milk. This seal was caught 

 200 miles nearly off" shore, and had had her pup at sea. 



8. That I shoot sleepers from 12 to 14 yards range, and "travellers" 

 from 25 to 40 yards range. I do not use the rifle. 



