going no doubt direct to the coast of VfesMngton and even farther north. 

 In 1086 during a passage in the United States Revenue Steamer "Bush" 

 from Puget Sound to Unalaska, where we arrived on the IQth of January, 

 I saw fur seals nearly every day, the vessel having passed through the 

 herd then on its migration from tho passes to the coast and oxtonding 

 entirely across tho Pacific Ocean. 



The time of the appearance of the fur seal herd off the coast of 

 tho Pacific States differ slightly with difforont seasons, but as I 

 learned during my investigations last spring and as I have already re- 

 ported coincides with the arrival of the smelts, herring and culachon 

 which each spring como into the rivers in large numbers to spawn. If 

 the fish come into the rivers unusually early tho soals appear off tho 

 coast correspondingly early; if the fish arc lato the seals also are lato. 

 That the seals must find fishing banks on the route does hot follow; the 

 supply of surface fishes^ squib, it appears to be ample for their wants. 

 Both in Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean during our summer investigations, 

 we found herds of seals with their stomachs well filled in nearly two- 

 thousand fathoms of- vTater, 



In relation to the v^ay seals travel, whether singly or in bands, the 

 natives agree that they travel singly or in small bands never cxccoding 

 five or six and generally by t^vos and threos. 



One intelligent native in answer to the question, said "Seals travel 

 like people - sometimes one goes alone and sometimes with another". 



Systematic observations of the movomonts of the seals in the Pacific 

 Ocean near tho passes at this season of the year is in^ji-acti cable. Al- 

 most constant galos and thick weather pi-ovail. In the influence of the 

 strong currants through the passes tho sea is very rough and oven were it 

 possible for a vcssol to remain there y few if any seals would bo soon. 

 Under such circumstances, the seals travel very fast and remain under 

 water except when forcod to come to the surface -to breathe and then only 

 the nose is above the water for a moment,. In bad weather on the sealing 

 grounds in the Pacific and Bering Sea, the seals disappear so entirely 

 that the Indian seal hunters bolievo they go to the bottom and remain 

 there until the woathor bocomos better. 



But liaving previously observed tho seals over the entire route and 

 over a large portion of it many times, I am able to state positively that 

 in no part of it do they travel in bands. Leaving San Franc iso in March 

 of the present year, I followed the seals along the coast northward to- the 

 Alaskan Gulf Kiaking careful observations of their habits, etc; subsequent- 

 ly and while the seals were still moving toward the passes, I went several 

 times over their track between the Alaskan Gulf and the passes, I spent 

 the month of August observing the seals in Bering Sea and in addition the 

 cruise just completed covering October and a part of November, 



As stated elsewhere in making tho passage from Pugot Sound to Un- 

 alaska in January 1886;^ I passed entirely through the seal herd then 

 making its migrating to tho "coast". I have cruised in Boring Sea seven 

 seasons including the present and havp many times been along the coasts 

 of California, Oregon and Washington during tte mon'ths that the seals were 

 present, I have at all times in Bering Sea in the Pacific Ocean and in 



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