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uot with young; some of them are barren. Seals off Barclay Sound 

 eat salmon, herring', codfish, and squid. Have never seen a young pup 

 swimming. 



I liereby certify that the Indian Sant-e was examined by Mr. Macoun in 

 my presence and that of Gus, ])ouglas, Billy, Peter, Joe, Dan, Charlie, 

 Taylor, and Taylor No. 2, who heard the questions asked him and the 

 answers given, and all are Barclay Sound Indians, and agree that the 

 evidence given by Sant e has been their own experience, although all 

 have not hunted for the same length of time that he has. 



(Signed) Wm. Petit. 



The proportion of female seals to males taken this year by the above 

 hunters is as below; figures given by themselves: 



Sant-e, 60 seals; nearly all males. 



Charlie, 80 seals; more males than females. 



Gus, 95 seals; has not taken many females. 



Douglas, 73 seals; only 1 female. 



Billy, in canoe with Charlie. 



Peter, in canoe with Gus. 



Joe, 41 seals; not many females. 



Taylor, 88 seals; more males than females. 



Taylor Ko. 2 was in canoe with Johnnie, a hunter who is not here; 

 86 seals were taken; not more than 11 were females. 



Tommie, 59 seals; more males than females. 



All have seen barren females this year among those taken, but no count 

 was kept of them. None of the above hunters have seen seals of one 

 age or sex travelling together; all are mixed. 



I hereby certify that I have heard the questions asked the Indians 

 mentioned above, and the answers given by them, and certify that they 

 were as set down above. 



(Signed) Wm. Petit. 



Port Etches, June 17, 1892. 



Declaration of Andrew D. Laing, 



Dominion of Canada, 



Province of British ColumMa, City of Victoria. 



I, Andrew D. Laing, of the city of Victoria, in the Province of British 

 Columbia, Dominion of Canada, master mariner, do solemnly declare: 



1. That since 1871 I have been trading with and enii)loying Indians, 

 and fully understand Chinook, tlie language used between the Whites 



and Indians all along tlie Pacific coast. 

 166 2. That I acted as inter])reter for Mr. A. P. Sherwood iu 



obtaining the declarations of the Indians at the places and on 

 the days set out in the Schedule hereto annexed, marked (A). 



3. That I truly and to the best of my knowledge and skill inter- 

 preted what each and every of the Indians in said Scliedule named 

 said, and when all was written down in each and every case I inter- 

 preted and ex])lained to the declarant what was so written, and sol- 

 emnly declare that each and every of the Indians so named respectively 

 fully understood the statements in the declaration so made by him 

 before making or signing the same, and that the signature or mark of 

 each and every such Indian was made iu the presence of the person or 

 persons who respectively signed each such declaration as a witness. 



