PELAGIC SEALING. 



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has been limited to August and September, and has been prohibited within 60 miles 

 of the Pribilof Islalnds, while seals have been taken with spears only. 



The following extracts from the log of the Mary Ellen, engaged in sealing along 

 the l!forthwest 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: 



American schooner Mary Ellen, 1884, D, McLean, master. 



J-eb. 



1,2,3. 



5 



8 



Mar. 



18 



20 



21,22,23,27,28- 

 29 



1 



2 



4 



5 



7 



8 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



19, 26, 27. 

 28 



Apr. 



30 



31 



i 



5 



6 



7 



8 



10. 



11, 12, 14. 

 16 



18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 24. 

 25 

 26. 

 May 11. 

 12. 

 13. 



Lat- 

 itude. 



N. 



38 53 



37 18 



39 30 



38 13 



39 3b 



42 02 

 40 5G 



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 



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 



I 125 47 



126 13 



I 127 10 



128 30 

 ! 128 50 

 I 128 34 

 I 126 30 

 i 127 30 

 i 128 15 



Date. 



May 14. 



22., 



23., 



24. 



25., 



July 1. 



2., 



8., 



9. 



10.. 



13. 



14., 



15., 



18.. 



19.: 



21. 

 24.. 

 25.. 

 26., 

 27., 

 31., 

 Aug. 1., 



2.. 



3., 



4.. 



6.. 



7.. 



8.. 



9.. 

 10.. 

 11.. 

 12.. 

 16.. 

 17.. 

 18.. 

 19.. 

 20.. 

 21.. 

 22.. 

 23.. 



Total. 



Lat- 

 itude. 



Longi- 

 tude. 



W. 

 127 50 

 127 30 

 127 45 

 129 30 

 131 40 

 166 5U 



Seals. 



167 30 

 167 50 

 167 35 



167 47 I 



168 35 I 

 168 24 

 168 00 



167 30 



168 00 

 166 40 

 168 00 

 168 60 

 168 30 

 170 15 

 188 00 

 170 28 



168 30 



169 00 



168 19 

 1.69 00 



169 3U 

 169 30 



169 39 



170 00 

 169 05 

 169 00 

 168 40 



166 20 



167 20 

 165 15 

 165 20 

 165 40 



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 



1,954 



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

 Her catch for 1885, was 2,304; for 1886, 4,296, and for 1887, 2,474 seals. 



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

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

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

 skins landed 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 Townsend, 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, portions of the catch may 

 have been taken to San JFrancisco. 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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