PELAGIC SEALING. 



225 



has been limited to August aud September, and has beeu prohibited withiu 60 miles 

 of the Tribilol" Islands, while seals have beeu taken with spears only. 



The following' extracts from the log of the ]\Iari/ UUen, engaged iu sealing along 

 the Northwest coast and in Bering Sea in 1884, show the course of the vessel and the 

 catch of seals from day to day. The entire number of seals taken was 1,954: 



Avierican schooner Mary Ellen, 1S84, D. McLean, master. 



Lat- Longi- 1 ^ , 

 itude. tilde. oeaia. 



Date. 



I Lat- 

 itude. 



I'eb. 



Mar. 



1,2,3. 

 5 



9 



18 



20 



21, 22, 23, 27, 2! 

 29 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



7 



Apr. 



12 



13 



14 



15 



IB 



17 



19,26,27- 



28 



29 



30 



31 



i 



5 



6 



7 



8 



10 



11, 12, 14. 

 16 



18- 

 19. 

 20- 

 24. 

 25 

 26. 

 May 11. 

 12. 

 13. 



N. 



38 53 



37 18 



39 30 



38 13 



39 35 



42 02 

 40 50 



42 14 



42 18 



43 10 

 42 58 



44 29 

 44 48 

 44 50 



44 22 



45 54 



46 38 



47 37 

 47 39 

 47 43 

 47 10 

 47 42 

 47 31 

 47 24 

 47 43 

 47 56 

 47 33 



Longi- ,. , 

 tude. ='®*'*' 



W. 



124 40 

 128 54 



126 50 

 125 30 



125 48 



126 12 

 125 39 



125 31 

 124 50 



126 00 



Date. 



126 06 



125 58 



126 00 



125 00 



126 03 

 126 44 



126 19 



127 43 

 127 07 

 125 44 



47 53 



48 04 



47 57 



48 05 

 50 12 



49 55 

 49 54 

 48 33 

 48 26 

 48 35 



125 47 



126 13 



127 10 



128 30 

 128 50 

 128 34 

 J26 30 



127 30 



128 15 



May 14. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 



1. 



2. 



July 



9. 

 10. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 18. 

 19. 

 21. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 

 31. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



6. 



7. 



10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18- 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 



Total. 



N. 



49 15 

 48 40 

 48 30 

 48 28 



50 31 

 55 50 



56 30 

 56 00 

 55 10 

 55 50 

 55 50 

 55 56 

 55 52 

 55 52 

 55 30 

 55 09 

 54 30 



54 40 



55 00 

 54 20 

 54 30 

 54 41 

 54 47 



54 15 



55 18 

 55 2.T 

 55 18 

 55 10 

 55 13 

 55 08 

 55 10 

 .55 00 

 54 35 

 54 43 

 54 25 

 54 53 

 54 50 

 54 50 



W. 

 127 50 

 127 30 

 127 45 

 129 30 

 131 40 

 166 50 



167 30 

 167 50 

 167 35 



167 47 



168 35 

 168 24 

 168 00 



167 30 



168 00 

 166 49 

 168 00 

 168 50 

 168 30 

 170 15 

 168 00 

 170 28 



168 30 



169 00 



168 19 



169 00 

 169 39 

 169 30 



169 39 



170 00 

 169 05 

 169 00 

 168 40 



166 20 



167 20 

 165 15 

 165 20 

 165 40 



25 



6 



14 



3 



7 



2 



4 



18 



23 



16 



7 



44 



98 



64 



22 



22 



43 



4 



43 



4 



25 



15 



6 



63 



8 



10 



131 



21 



140 



67 



63 



14 



28 



41 



26 



10 



50 



53 



66 



1,954 



The Mary Ellen continued sealing in the same waters for several years afterwards. 

 Her catch for 1885 was 2,304; for 1886, 4,295, aud for 1887, 2,474 seals. 



There are many indications that the pelagic catch of seals during the eighties was 

 much greater than is generally supposed. For instance, in the British commissioner's 

 report, Bering Sea Arbitration, pages 207 et seq., the. Mary Ellen is credited with seal 

 skins lauded at Victoria as follows: 1884,1,500 (estimated); 1885,1,989; 1886,3,553; 

 1887, 1,460. The logs of this vessel for the same years ( see Towusend, Senate Doc. 

 137, 54th Cong,, Pt. II, pp. 50-53) give the catches as follows: 1884, 1,953; 1885, 2,304; 

 1886,-4,295; 1887,2,474. This being an American vessel, jjortions of the catch may 

 have been taken to San Francisco. The writer obtained these logs from Captain 

 McLean, master of the vessel. 



Another instance is that of the British schooner San Jose, credited with 107 seals for 

 the Northwest coast in 1888. Original records appended to this report state the catch 

 at 355 seals. 



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