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9. I do not know of any difference between tlie seals on the two sides 

 of tlie Pacific, except that the seals on the Asiatic side seem a shade 

 darker on the breast, bnt some of the seals there 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. 



10. That this year I found two dead seals floating on the coast. One 

 was a small- sized seal and had been dead about a day — he was wounded 

 in the body. That day there were at least fifty boats out hunting at 

 that place, and I believe this seal had been shot that day. The other 

 seal was an old fellow, weighing 800 lbs. or 900 lbs., the largest seal I 

 ever saw or that any of the hunters on the schooner had ever seen. 

 There were no marks or wounds upon him; we examined his body care- 

 fully, and he must have died of old age. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the 

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

 Oaths." 



(Signed) Joseph Hall. 



Subscribed and declared by the said Joseph Hall before me, a ]N"otary 

 Public duly commissioned, and residing and practising 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 Fublic in and for the Province of British Columbia, 



Declaration of William Feivings. 



Dominion op Canada, 



Province of British Columbia^ City of Victoria, 



I, William Fewings, of the city of Victoria, in the Province of British 

 Columbia, seal-hunter, do solemnly declare: 



1. That I have been seal-hunting on the Korth Pacific Coast for six 

 years, in three of which I was in the Behring Sea for the full season; 

 in two others the voyages were broken up by the United States revenue- 

 cutter "Kush" in one case, and Her Majesty's ship "JS'ymphe" in the 

 other. In the year 1887 I was on the schooner "Favourite:" in 1888 

 on the "Viva;" in 1889 on the "Triumph;" in 1890 on the "Path 



tinder;" and in 1891 and 1892 on the " Sea Lion." 

 79 2. In 1887 I got about 300 seals for the season — it was my first 



year out hunting, and I lost more seals by sinking than in any 

 year since, but not more than 25 or 30. 



3. In 1888 I got 502 seals, and did not lose as many as I did the first 

 year in getting the 300. 



4. In 1889 I got 140 seals — the total catch for eight hunters on the 

 vessel was about 300 — and I lost not more than 6. 



5. In 1890 I got 493 seals; in 1891, 262 seals; and in 1892, 410 seals, 

 la all these years I did not lose over 3 in 100; this year I lost 8 or 9, I 

 think 8. 



6. That I have not kept any record of the number of females or males 

 I have got each season, but I think that the proportions are about 

 equal. Sometimes we get more females than males, sometimes the 

 reverse. 



7. In January last, off Cape Flattery about 20 to 30 miles, I saw 

 large bands of seals, in fact, I saw more seals there than ever before or 



