PELAGIC SEALING, 253 



List of Miherlo unpublished pelagic-sealing records collected hy C. H. Townseiid. 



Year. 



Schooner. 



Kange. 



1886 



Vanderbilt 



Northwest coast and Bering Sea. 



Do. 

 Northwest coast. 



Northwest coast and Commander Islands. 

 Northwest coast and Bering Sea. 

 Japan coast. 



Do. 



T)n. 



1887 



Alexander. ., 



1888 



San Jose 



1891 



Alton 



1892 



Sophia Sutherland . 



1892 





1893 



do 



1893 



Alton 



1893 



Therese Northwest coast and Commander Islands. 



1894 



1894 



1894 



Therese 



Do. 

 Do. 



1894 





Japan coast and Kuril Islands. 

 Japan coast. 



Do. 

 Japan coast and Kuril Islands. 

 Japan coast. 



Do. 



Do. 



1894 





1895 



1895 



M. M. Morrill 





1895 ( Maacot -. 



1896 . Golden Fleece 



1896 ': Alliel. Algar 





Miscellaneous log-book records of sealing vessels collected by C. H. Toivnsend. 



SCHOONER VANDERBILT. 



Northwest coast and Bering Sea. lYom private log of John T. Ford. 



1886. 



Lat. N. 



Long. "W. 



Seals. 



1886. 



Lat.N. 



Long.W. 



Seals. 



1886. 



Lat. N. 



Long 



.W. 



Seals. 







- 



o / 







o / 



O / 







o / 



o 



, 





May 



17 



38 21 



125 40 



20 



July 11 



58 05 



173 42 



4 



Aug. 5 



54 43 



167 



20 



13 





23 



38 40 



126 42 



2 



12 



56 40 



171 10 



30 



7 



54 56 



167 



33 



3 





24 



40 



128 20 



3 



13 



56 10 



170 25 



36 



8 



55 03 



167 



44 



6 





26 



40 10 



128 54 



21 



14 



56 



171 05 



9 



9 



55 47 



167 



23 



46 



June 



10 



55 10 



169 41 



1 



16 



56 10 



170 57 



14 



10 



55 10 



168 



34 



38 





U 



55 30 



170 



1 



17 



56 14 



171 03 



64 



11 



55 30 



168 



40 



3 





20 



55 40 



170 25 



16 



18 



55 57 



170 45 



2 



13 



55 



168 



09 



1 





21 



54 56 



169 57 



21 



20 



55 43 



172 20 



3 



15 



54 33 



168 



25 



13 





23 



54 58 



169 43 



32 



21 



55 37 



172 43 



38 



16 



54 43 



168 



24 



9 





25 



54 37 



168 37 



3 



22 



55 43 



171 57 



73 



19 



55 03 



168 



53 



125 





26 



50 16 



169 42 



4 



24 



55 23 



171 05 



31 



21 



54 57 



168 



24 



48 





27 



55 47 



170 10 



2 



25 



54 58 



170 54 



20 



23 



54 44 



167 



54 



56 





28 



55 57 



171 20 



48 



28 



54 57 



170 43 



90 



24 



54 40 



167 



33 



14 





30 



55 48 



171 48 



4 



29 



54 27 



169 23 



57 



26 



55 27 



166 



47 



1 



July 



1 



56 20 



172 05 



68 



30 



54 15 



168 37 



10 



29 



55 37 



166 



37 



92 





■> 



56 33 



173 20 



22 



31 



54 37 



164 56 



4 















3 



7 



56 45 



57 05 



172 54 



173 08 



4 

 34 



Aug. 1 

 2 



54 39 

 54 53 



167 60 

 166 57 



53 

 71 





Total - 







1 425 













10 



57 32 



173 25 



1 



3 



54 37 



166 43 



4t 









, 





Miscellaneous notes from this log are follows : 



Schooner Vanderbilt, 1886 {sealing), Captain Mayer. 



Left San Francisco March 26. One hundred and twenty seals taken by April 21 ; 90 of these taken on 

 banks oif Point Arenas; remaining 20 taken near Cape Perpetua. 



April 23. — One seal. 



April 26. — Salmon jumping and seals seen off Tillamook. 



May 1. — Two seals; saw a sea lion eating a rock cod. Off Point GrenTille. 



May 2. —Twenty-four seals off Point Grenville 3.5 miles. 



May S. — One seal; females here large, and most of them have large pups in them. 



May i.- — Four seals. Almost impossible to hnd "sleepers." In sight of 4 schooner, which have 15 

 to 20 canoes and boats; sails could be seen in any direction. Schooner Granger reported 300 seals 

 in three days. The Siwash uses both gun and spear, and can get closer than we can. He 

 furnishes his own canoe, assistant, and grub, sells his catch to the vessel at a discount, and pays 

 one-third for use of the schooner. 



