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14. Seals are getting wilder now; hunting them is the cause of this. 



15. I have noticed that male seals have teats. I have not examined 

 all I have taken, but know that some have. 



16. I have never seen seals cohabiting in the water that I am sure 

 of, but I have seen them attempting to, and have shot them both at 

 such a time. It is quite easy to get them both then. Not many old 

 "wigs'' are killed, as they give too much trouble. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the 

 same to be true, and by virtue of " The Act respecting Extrajudicial 

 Oaths." 



(Signed) Andrew McGarva. 



Subscribed and declared by the said Andrew McGarva before me, a 

 Notary Public duly commissioned, and practising in the city of Victoria, 

 in the Province of British Columbia, this 31st day of October, A. D. 

 1892. 



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



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



96 Declaration of Frank G. Warrington, 



Dominion of Canada, 



Province of British Columbia, City of Victoria, 



I, Frank G. Warrington, of the city of Victoria, make oath and say: 



That I have been sealing six years; five years I was a boat-steerer, 

 and this year a hunter. While boat-steering I had a good oi)portunity 

 of studying the habits of the seals, noting the number lost, and so on. 

 I was on the " Teresa" this year, but we were behind the seals and did 

 not do much. I got 103 seals myself, and lost by sinking 10 or 12, I 

 think, but I never kept count of them. I sunk more than any one else 

 on board the " Teresa." This year on the lower coast I did not see as 

 many seals as in former years, but we were behind them. But when 

 we got up on the Fairweather Grounds I saw more than ever before. 

 Last year I saw seals as plentiful, or more so, than ever before, and it 

 was almost impossible to get them; the seals were in schools, and it was 

 impossible to get at them. One day this year, when on the Fairweather 

 Grounds, I saw tliousands of seals, but could do nothing with them, and 

 got only one skin. From my own observation I would say that there 

 are as many or more seals this year as in any other year, and all the 

 hunters I have talked with say the same. There are very few seals that 

 are badly wounded and escape, for when a seal is wounded it is followed, 

 and soon caught if it is badly wounded. Generally, the cows and bulls 

 are found, together, but sometimes all bulls are found, and sometimes 

 all cows. 



It is almost impossible to get a seal when they travel in schools; one 

 will start the others, and all will get away. 



I huve seen seals cohabiting in the water; they were holding one 

 another with their flii^pers, and were standing straight up and down in 

 the water. I have been in the boat with hunters who shot both seals 

 when they were doing this. If the female is shot first, the male will 

 stay about, and is easily got. 



The first year I was out was with Indians ; they used spears, but now 

 both the gun and spear is used. The man in the bow uses the spear as 

 a rule, and the steerer uses the gun. 



My experience on the coast has been that more females than males 

 are killed, and it is about the same in Behring Sea. 



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