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those wonderful and valuable interests of our Government which are now so hand- 
somely embodied on the Seal Islands; but which, if guarded and conserved as they 
are to-day, will last for an indefinite time to come as Objects of the highest commer- 
cial good and value to the world, and as subjects for the most fascinating biological 
study 
shobting fur-seals in the open waters of the sea or vcean with the peculiar shot 
and bullet cartridges used involves an immense waste of seal life. MKvery seal that 
is merely wounded, and even if mortally wounded at the moment of shooting, dives 
and swims away instantly, to per ish at some point far distant, and to be never again 
seen by its human enemies; it is ultimately destroyed, but it is lost. in so far as the 
hunters are concerned. If the seal is shot dead instantly, killed instantly, then it 
can be picked up in most every case; but not one seal in ten fired at by the most 
skilful marine hunters is so shot, and nearly every seal in this ten will have been 
wounded, many of them fatally. The irregular tumbling of the water around the 
seal, and the irregular heaving of the hunter’s boat, both ‘acting at the same moment 
entirely independent of each other, making the difficulty of taking an accurate aim 
exceedingly great, and the result of clean killing very slender. 
Mr. George k. Tingle, United States Treasury y Agent in charge of the fur-seal 
islands from April 1885 until August 1886, testified as follows: 
Q. It is Mr. MeIntyre’s opinion that they have not only not increased, but have 
decreased?—A. There has been a slight diminution of seals, probably. 
Q. To what do you attribute that?—A. I think there have been more seals killed 
in the sea than ever before by marauders. I estimated that they secured 30,000 skins 
in 1887, and in order to secure that number of skins they would have had to kill 
500,000 seals, while this Company in taking 100,000 on shore destroyed only thirty- 
one seals. Those were killed by accident. Sometimes a young seal, or one not 
intended to be killed, pops up his head and gets a blow unintentionally. 
Q. The waste of seal life was only fifty-three in 1887?—A. Yes, Sir; in securing 
100,000 skins, while these marauders did not kill last year less than 500,000. ‘The 
logs of marauding schooners have fallen into my hands, and they have convinced me 
that they do not secure more than one seal out of every ten that they mortally wound 
and kill, for the reason that the seals sink very quickly in the water. Allowing one 
out of ten, there would be 300,000 that they would kill in getting 30,000 skins: 
200,000 of those killed would be females having 200,000 pups on shore. Those pups 
would die by reason of the death of their mothers, which, added to the 300,000, 
makes 500,000 destroyed. I am inclined to think, because the seals show they are 
not increasing, or rather that they are at a standstill, that more than 300,000 are 
killed by marauders. 
Q. You are of the opinion, then, that the marauders are killing more seals than the 
Alaska Commercial Company ?—A. At least five or six times as many as the Alaska 
Commercial Company are killing. 
Q. What will be the effect if more stringent measures are not taken to protect the 
seals by the Government?—A. If more stringent measures are not taken, it is only 
a question of time when these seals will be driven ultimately to seek some other 
home where they will not be molested. They will not continue to be harassed; and, 
if this marauding is continued, they will, in my opinion, either be gradually exter- 
minated, or will leave the islands permanently and land at some other place. They 
may go on the Russian side 
Q. Will marauding increase if the Government does not take steps to prevent it?— 
A. I think so. 
Q. Is it practicable to prevent it?—A. Yes, Sir. If we did not allow these cheeky, 
persistent, insolent British Columbia seamen to go there and defy the United States 
and its authorities, it would very soon be stopped. When our revenue-cutters seize 
the British schooners, the captains are very insolent and defiant, and claim that they 
have astrong Government at their backs. JI am now referring particularly to Cap- 
tain Warner, of the “ Dolphin.” He said in 1887, when captured, ‘‘We have got a 
strong Government at our backs, and we will fight you on this question.” ‘‘ Very 
well,” says Captain Shepherd, ‘‘I have gota strong Government at my back, and I 
am going to do my duty. My Government sends me to protect these seal rookeries. 
I am charged by this Administration to enforce the law, and I will seize all 
marauders.” 
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432 Q. You were speaking a while ago in regard to the amount of seal life 
destroyed by marauders, and that a captain had given the number of seals 
destroyed. Have you seen any of the log-books of those + vessels?—A. Yes, Sir. 
Q. Will you state what you remember with regard to the number of seals lost or 
captured by those vessels?—A. I remember reading the log-book of the ‘‘ Angel 
Dolly,” which I captured. There was an entry in that loe-book that read as tol- 
lows: “Issued to-day to my boats 300 rounds of ammunition. At night they came 
in with the ammunition all expended, and one seal-skin.” 
