APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 791 



on tLe " Minnie." In 1801 a seaman on tlie " Mascotte." In 1892 1 was 

 a seaman on tlie '' May Belle" until the 18tli April, when I left her and 

 went to tlie "Ariel" as boat-steerer, 



2. That I never did any sealing myself. 



3. That I have never eiven any statement to any person on sealing 

 matters, either at Victoria or any other place. I am positive that I 

 was not in Victoria in the month of April last, and did not then, or at 

 any other time or place, make any statement to any person about seal- 

 ing. I don't know anything about the proportion of females to males 

 that hunters get, or where the seals haul out, or where the pups are 

 born. If my name appears signed to any paper containing anything 

 about such matters it was not put there by me, and is a forgery. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the 

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

 Oaths." 



(Signed) Henry Brown, his x mark. 



Subscribed and declared by the said Henry Brown before me, a 

 Notary Public duly commissioned, and residing and practising at the 

 city of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, the same having 

 been first carefully read over and explained to the said Henry Brown, 

 who thoroughly understood the same, this 29th day of October, A. d, 

 1892. 



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



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



Declaration of George C. Gerow, 



Dominion of Canada, 



Province of British Colmnhia, City of Victoria, 



I, George C. Gerow, of city of Victoria, in the Province of British 

 Columbia, seal-hunter, do solemnly declare as follows: 



1. That I have known Will. Parker, a seal-hunter, of the city of Vic- 

 toria, for about seven years. 



2. In the year 1889 I was out on the schooner "Ariel" as a hunter. 



3. The said Will. Parker was also on board as a hunter. 



4. I am considered a good, fair, average hunter, and know a good 

 hunter when I see him work. 



5. From what I saw of Parker in the year 1889 I know that he is a 

 poor hunter; frequently when the other hunters came on board with 

 skins in plenty, he would bring in few or none, and every person on 

 board considered him a poor hunter. 



6. I know from personal experience that the said Parker is a liar; 

 he has frequently told me certain things that I know were untrue. I 

 would not believe him on oath in any matter where I knew he was 

 interested. He would, in my opinion, give evidence in any way desired 

 for about two drinks of whiskey, and for money he would make any 

 statements. He is well known here as an idle fellow, and I would call 

 him a cheap liar, that is, one who, for a small consideration, would 

 make any statements desired of him. 



7. I have no personal enmity against said Parker, and wish him no 

 harm, but know that he is unreliable and untrustworthy as a man. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiouly believing the 

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

 Oaths." 



(Signed) G. C. Gerow. 



