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4. That during- the whole season of 1889 I only lost twenty-oue seals 

 by sinking, 



5. During the season of 1890 I was on board the schooner " Pene- 

 lope/' and secured 192 seal skins, 



6. That during the whole season of 1890 I only lost fifteen seals by 

 sinking, 



7. During the season of 1891 I was on board the schooner "Maggie 

 Mac," and secured 110 seal-skins on the coast. 



8. During the season of 1892 I was on board the schooner " Pene- 

 lope," and secured 331 seal- skins. 



9. That during the whole season of 1892 I only lost twelve seals by 

 sinking. 



10. I have seen seals in schools on all parts of the coast. 



11. It is very hard to shoot seals when they are in sciiools. 



12. In April last we went to Japan, and then towards Copper Island. 



13. The seals look larger there, but otherwise I see no difference 

 between them and the seal on this side. 



14. I saw more seals on the coast this year than I ever saw on any 

 previous year since I have been sealing. , 



15. On the coast the seals are about equally divided as to sex, and it 

 was the same in Behring Sea the years 1 hunted there. 



16. I have noticed that male seals have teats, and do not think that 

 the sexes could be distinguished by the skins. 



17. I have never seen seals cohabiting in the water, but have fre- 

 quently seen a pair together, and have killed them both. 



18. I nearly always secure both when I kill the cow first, as the bull 

 will not go away, but will remain near the place where the cow was 

 killed. 



19. -We did not secure many old bulls. 



20. I have killed five old bulls during the time I have been engaged 

 in seal-hunting. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the 

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

 Oaths." 



(Signed) A. J. Bertram. 



94 Subscribed and declared by the said Albert J. Bertram before 



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

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

 11th day of November, A. d. 1892. 

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



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



Declaration of Niels Bonde. 



Dominion oe Canada, 



Province of British Columbia, City of Victoria, 



I, Niels Bonde, of the city of Victoria, in the Province of British 

 Columbia, able seaman, do solemnly declare: 



1. That I have been out four years on sealing-schooners from Vic- 

 toria: in 1887 on the "Kate," in 1888 on the " ," in 1889 on the 

 "Kate," in Behring Sea, and in 1890 on the "Pathfinder." I never 

 hunted myself, and was only one year in a hunting boat, that is, I was 

 boat-steerer on the "Pathfinder." 



