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188G. Schooner " Lily L." 197 seals on the coast. Vessel was seized 

 on entering the Behring Sea, and catch was confiscated. 



1887. " Kosie Olsen." 300 on coast, 200 in Behring Sea. 



1888. " Mary Ellen." 1,200 on coast, 600 in Behring Sea. 



1889. "Mary Ellen." 600 in Behring Sea, 1,200 on coast. 



1890. " James Hamilton Lewis." 1,186 on coast, 1,439 in Behring 

 Sea (Russian side). 



As master in 1891 on " City Diego " we caught 515 seals on the coast, 

 and 640 in Behring Sea (Russian side), and in 1892 on the '' Emma and 

 Louisa," 1,012 seals on the coast only. 



4. In 1887 as hunter I individually captured 42 seals on the coast, 

 iind 106 in Behring Sea. In 1888, 96 seals on the coast, and 204 in 

 Behring Sea. In 1889 I got 240 on the coast, and 90 in Behring Sea; 

 and in 1890,206 on the coast, and 325 in Behring Sea (Russian side). 



5. In my catch along the coast about 60 per cent, would be females, 

 and these for the most part would be carrying jiu^js. In Behring Sea 

 the percentage of males is greater; they would be about half and half. 



6. We have taken a considerable number of barren cows every j^ear, 

 and I would estimate the number at from 20 to 25 per cent, of the num- 

 ber of females. 



7. Cows carrying pup are more wary than other seals and barren 

 cows, and pups sleep a good deal, and are easily approached. I have 

 noticed that seals travel north more in schools of late years than for- 

 merly, and are in consequence harder to approach, as one seems always 

 on the watch. In the schools the sexes and ages are all mixed. 



8. In travelling from the American to the Asiatic side of Behring 

 Sea from the middle of June to the middle of July, I have seen seals 

 all the way across on fine dajs, and could not distinguish whether they 

 were going to or coming from either coast. 



9. I have noticed that the Asiatic seal is rather darker in colour 



than the American. 

 121 10. Have always used both shot-gun and rifle, and with shot- 



gun the range would be from 25 to 30 yards; the rifle range 

 would be from 50 to 100 yards. 1 estimate that 3 per cent, would cover 

 the loss of seals that were killed or wounded. I have made a special 

 study of this percentage of loss, because of the agitation against the 

 use of fire-arms in killing seals, and I speak from my personal knowl- 

 edge. 



11. Seals are just as plentiful now as they were the first year 1 went 

 hunting, but seem to be more on the alert and harder to approach, and 

 I have seen as many, if not more, this year (1892) as in any previous 

 year. We see more seals some years than in others, and one vessel 

 sees seals when others do not, depending more or less how they strike 

 the run. 



12. I did not hear of any schooners having been in Behring Sea this 

 year other than those warned or seized. 



13. In the month of September, coming from the Commander Islands 

 to Cape Flattery, on or about the 50th parallel, have seen more or less 

 seals every day. I have seen seals in all the passes in the Aleutian 

 Islands that I have entered between Unimak and Attou Island in the 

 month of June. 



14. I have seen seals cohabiting in the water, and at those times have 

 been able to kill both male and female. 



15. I consider that some measure of protection should be given the 

 seal, and, in my opinion, the best protection would be in closing Beh- 

 ring Sea altogether and prohibit killing on the islands. 



