674 APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



I have noticed that seals are much harder to get here now than for- 

 merly, and that a female seal in pup is ever on the alert, and more so 

 than ordinary seals. Not many old bulls are killed. On this coast I 

 have found a few barren females. I think that all the damage that is 

 done to seals at sea is done on the coast, and not in Behring Sea. 



And I swear that I have read all the statements written down in this 

 affidavit, and that they are all true, and that I have received no con- 

 sideration for having made them. 



(Signed) F. H. Warrington. 



Sworn to before me at Victoria, this 7th day of October, 1892. 



[SEAL.] (Signed) F. Richards, Junr., 



A Notary Public for British Columbia, 



Declaration of 0. E. Miner. 



Dominion op Canada, 



Fro vince of British Columbia, City of Victoria, 



I, G. E. Miner, a citizen of the United States of America, make oath 

 and say: 



That my home is near the city of San Francisco. 



That I have been sealing six years. 



In 1887 I was out on the "Penelope" as a hunter. In 1888 was on 

 the "Lillie L." and on the same vessel in 1889. In 1890 I was on the 

 "Maggie Mac." In 1891 and 1892 I was on the "Henry Dennis." I 

 was out as a hunter every year. Somewhere about April 21 last year 

 our vessel was spoken by the United States revenue-cutter "Corwin." 

 An officer came on board and invited the captain (my brother) to go on 

 board the " Corwin." A short while afterwards a note came from my 

 brother asking us to come to the "Corwin" and give our evidence if we 

 wanted to. Five of the hunters went — there were six hunters on the 

 "Dennis." We were all standing together on the deck of the vessel. 

 My brother asked me to come up to the pilot house, which was used by 

 Captain Lavender, the United States Agent, as an office, and give our 

 evidence in regard to shooting seals. I went at once. Captain Laven- 

 der asked me questions, and he had a young man there with a type- 

 writer to take down my answers. Mr. Alexander, the United States 

 Fish Commissioner, one of the Lieutenants, and my brother were pres- 

 ent. Captain Lavender sent a boy below for a list of questions, which 

 were afterwards asked me. I noticed that only part of what I said was 

 taken down. When Captain Lavender wished the type writer to take 

 down my answers he repeated them to him. I at the timecame to the 

 conclusion that he was only taking dov/n that portion of my evidence 

 that he thought would help his case. Among other questions, he asked 

 me, how many seals I sank out of what I killed. I told him of killing 

 200 seals last year and not losing any of them — that I was sure of 

 One seal I thought I killed and did not get, but am not sure of it. He 

 did not take this down. His whole method of taking evidence reminded 

 me of a lawyer examining a witness at Court; if the answer did not 

 suit, he would ask the question in different ways, with the evident 

 intention of getting me to admit something, or, rather, have me say 

 something that was different from what I first said. I was telling 

 97 the truth right through, and did not change my answers. He 

 asked me enough questions to have the answers cover four times 

 as much paper as the declaration I signed. He asked me the average 



