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2. That while on the "Tupper" I paid little attention to the actual 

 work of getting the seals, and know only that the hunters got about 

 600, less than half being- females. 



3. This year, on the " Henrietta," I got 152 seals on the coast between 

 Kyuquot, on Vancouver Island, and Marmot Island. There were very 

 few females in this catch, not much over one-fourth. I was late getting 

 out, and the great body of seals were ahead of the "Henrietta" all the 

 way up the coast. Ten of the females in this catch were in pup. 



4. That in Behring Sea I got 420 seals between 3rd August and 4th 

 September last. Very few seals were got after 12th August, and I was 

 on my way out when seized by the United States cruizer "Yorktown." 



5. That of the 420 seals got in Behring Sea about one-fourth were 

 females. None of these were with young or in milk. They had had 

 their imps, and the milk had dried up. I was Irom 80 to 150 miles from 

 the Pribyloff Islands, within which distance I got most of the seals. 

 All the seals except about sixty were skinned on board. I saw them 

 come on board, counted them, and have a clear memory of the fact that 

 there were no females in i^uj) and none in milk. Nearly the whole catch 

 were bulls, principally "middlings" and small bulls. 



6. That I had on the "Henrietta" both white and Indian hunters. 

 The Indians used spears, the Whites shot-guns. From what I heard 

 from the hunters, they lost very few seals by sinking. I remember an 

 Indian losing one by his spear breaking, and one I shot from the 

 schooner was lost. Now and then I heard one of the white hunters say 

 he had lost a seal, but in what way I don't know., 



7. That I did not see any other sealers in the Sea while I was there, 

 and have heard of only two others being there this year. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the 

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

 Oaths." 



(Signed) M. Pinckney. 



Subscribed and declared by the said Micajah Pinckney before me, a 

 Notary Public duly commissioned, and residing and practising at the 

 city of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, this 21st day of 

 November, A. d. 1892. 



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



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



Declaration of William Otis Hnghes. 



Dominion of Canada, 



Province of British Colnmbia, City of Victoria. 



I, William Otis Hughes of the city of Victoria, in the Province of 

 British Columbia, Canada, master mariner, do solemnly declare: 



1. That I have been fur-seal hunting on the North Pacific Ocean and 

 in Behring Sea for two years ; in 1891 1 was master of the " Katharine," 

 and in 1892 I was master of the " Carmolite." 



2. Last year in the " Katharine " I got about 1,500 seals, of which 

 191 were got on the coast, and the remainder in Behring Sea. 



3. Last year the coast catch was about half females, and of these 

 one-half were with pup. In Behring Sea I got most of my catch about 

 100 miles westward of St. George Island. Over half the catch in the 

 sea were females, none with pup; but in the month of July about one- 



