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tain American schooners had raided these islands. The ‘‘Geo. R. White,” ‘‘ Daniel 
Webster,” ‘‘Mollie Adams,” and for two years the “J. Hamilton Lewis,” have been 
raiding the Copper Islands on the Russian side, and it is reported that the American 
schooner ‘‘City of San Diego” also raided the Copper Islands last year. 
37. Q. You have heard of the German schooner ‘‘Adele” raiding these islands ?— 
A. Yes; in 1889, with poor success. ‘These illegal acts meet with the strong disap- 
probation of every Canadian sealer, ' ; 
38. Q. And if Canadian sealers had done acts of that kind, you think it would 
most certainly have leaked ont?—A. It most certainly would have, 
39. Q. You are quite satisfied, then, that not a single Canadian schooner at any 
time has raided the seal islands?—A. Not to my knowledge. I don’t know of one 
single case. 
40. Q. What was your entire catch last season?—A. 1,991 for the whole season. 
41. Q. Giving your opinion in confidence, what is your opinion of the seals on the 
coast and in Behring’s Sea? Are they decreasing or increasing ?—A. From my expe- 
rience, I have not seen any decrease, but I have noticed also that they change their 
grounds from time to time, and where you find them this year you may not find them 
the next. This was very remarkable during the year 1890, for the seals were all 
found to the eastward of Pribyloff Islands, while in former years they were found to 
the westward. 
42, Q. When did you find them to the eastward of St. Paul’s Island? I understand 
you to say that you found them very numerous?—A. More so than I ever did before. 
43. Q. Have you any opinion to offer as to the return of the seals to the coast last 
year?—A. I have no direct opinion, but certainly the seals were more plentiful on 
the northern coast last year than the previous years. 
(Signed) W. E. Baker, Master. 
Sworn to before me, at Victoria, British Columbia, this 22nd day of January, 1892. 
(Signed) A. R. MILNE, Collector of Customs. 
January 19, 1892. 
Clarence Nelson Cox, master of the schooner “ E. B. Marvin,” of Victoria, exam- 
ined by Collector Milne: 
1. Q. What vessels have you commanded on this coast and in Behring’s Sea, Cap- 
tain Cox?—A. I have been two years master of the ‘‘ Triumph,” and one year mate 
of the ‘‘ Sapphire” with my brother. 
2. Q. This makes your fifth or sixth year?—A. This makes my fourth year. I was 
in Behring’s Sea so late last year; that is probably why it may seem I have been out 
oftener than others. 
3. Q. The inquiry, Captain Cox, is to elicit, first, the number of seals lost by 
being hit. It is alleged that you lose a large proportion of those that are shot, and 
we wish to get at the facts. Also to establish the number of females caught during 
the last and previous years, and also to investigate if there were any Canadian 
sealers raiding the seal islands. In the spring of the year, when you leave port, you 
go down to meet the seals along the coast?—A. Yes. 
4, Q. Ihave been given to understand that the seals travel in bands?—A. Yes; 
all the cows together, and all the bulls together, and the grey pups together. 
5. Q. I suppose they are quite distinctly separated?—A. Yes; we get the grey 
pups closer to shore, always inside of the large seals. 
6. Q. As a matter of fact, you do not find many female seals bearing young 
175 travelling with the bull seals?—A. I have never seen them in company 
together. J have found the barren cows and bulls in company. 
7. Q. This separation is from natural selection, or instinct?—A. Yes; while carry- 
ing their young they are never found with the bulls. The barren cows occasionally 
do travel with the bulls. 
8. Q. During what months have you found more females carrying young as com- 
pared with other months of the sealing season?—A. In the winter, when we first go 
out—February, March, and April. 
9. Q. That is, both bearing cows and barren cows too?—A. No; bearing cows. 
There are also grey pups about at that time. 
10. Q. What do you mean by “grey pups” ?—A. The yearling seal. After that it 
is called a ‘‘ brown pup,” then a “ two-year-old.” 
11. Q. Along the coast, from the time you strike them in the spring, do you shoot 
the larger proportion of the seals sleeping, or are there more shot while travelling ?— 
a Yes; the larger portion of the seals killed during the season are shot while 
sleeping. 
