IISTESTIGATION OF THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 205 



Wednesday, June 18, 1890. 

 Made a drive from Tolstoi and Middle Hill; killed 274; turned away 19 half -grown 

 bulls. As many yearlings as choice seals killed, and half as many 2-year-olds as 

 yearlings were allowed to return to the sea. This is a fair average of the work so far 

 this season. (Official Journal Chief Special Agent Chas. I. Goff, in charge of St. 

 Paul Island, p. 239.) 



Monday, June 23, 1890. 



The N, A. C. Co. made a drive from Tolstoi and Middle Hill, killing 521 seals. 

 Seventy-five per cent of the seals driven to the village were turned back into the 

 sea; 10 per cent of these were 2-year-olds; balance yearlings. (Official Journal Chief 

 Special Agent Chas. I. Goff, in charge of St. Paul Island, p. 231.) 



Tuesday, June 24, 1890. 



N. A. C. Co. made a drive from Reef and Zotoi and killed 426 seals; about 65 per 

 cent of this drive was turned back into the sea, about all of these were yearlings. 

 (Official Journal Chief Special Agent Chas. I. Goff, in charge of St. Paul Island, 

 p. 231.) 



Thursday, June 26, 1890. 



The N. A. C. Co. made a drive of seals Southwest Bay and killed 117 seals; about 62 

 per cent of those driven were turned back into the sea; of those turned away one-half 

 were yearlings, one-fourth 2-year-olds, and one-fourth old bulls.. (Official Journal 

 Chief Special Agent Chas. J. Goff, in charge of St. Pauls Island, p. 231.) 



Then independent of the above official record, which not only 

 declares that the yearlings are out in full force as early as June 18, 

 on the killing grounds, driven up with the others, we have the fol- 

 lowing sworn proof of the unwarranted denial of Dr. Jordan in re 

 early appearance of the yearlings, to wit: 



Mr. Elliott. Now, as to yearlings on the islands. Here is an official report detailed 

 day after day during the killing season of 1890, put on the files of the Treasury Depart- 

 ment, and printed, and until the 1st of December, 1907, not a line had been issued 

 from the Government officialism in charge of this business — not a line that says a 

 single record of this work as to the killing on those islands in 1890 is improperly stated 

 here. The only objection they make to it was that I officially assumed that driving 

 these young and old seals hurt them. They claimed it did not hurt them, but that 

 it did them good. We will leave that open. But the killing has hurt them; they 

 admit that now officially. Let me read, on page 170: 



"Monday, June 23, 1890. * * * Eleven pods of 561 animals driven up; 110 of 

 them killed or one-fifth taken, or 80 per cent turned away. All under 7-pound skins, 

 with the exception of a few wigged 4-year-olds and a dozen or two old bulls. This 

 gives a fair average of the whole diive to-day, some 2,500 animals, since 518 only were 

 taken. 



<<* * * Those turned away (nearly 2,000) were 95 per cent at least 'long' and 

 'short' yearlings." 



That has never been disputed to this hour. 



"June 21, 1890. * * * At 7 a. m. I went down to the killing grounds and fol- 

 lowed the podding and clubbing of the entire drive brought up from the Reef crest 

 and Zoltoi Bluffs this morning. The Zoltoi pod arrived on the ground long before 

 the Reef pod — two hours sooner. It was made up largely of polseecatchie and 

 yearlings. 



"* * * Seventy-five per cent of this drive was rejected. Every 3 and smooth 

 4 year old taken and every long 2-year-old. Nothing under or over that grade. 



"The seals released this morning were exclusively yearlings, 'short' 2-year-olds, 

 and the 5 and 6 year old half bulls or polseecatchie. No 'long' 2-year-old escaped, 

 and so, therefore, many 5$ and 6 pound skins will appear in this catch. 



' ' In the afternoon I took a survey of Lukannon Bay and its hauling grounds. * * * 

 Thence over to Tolstoi sand dunes, where I saw about 600 or 700 yearlings, conspicu- 

 ous by their white bellies. 



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"June 26, 1890 (on p. 174). I walked over to the Zapadnie killing grounds this 

 morning, arriving there about 9 o'clock. The drivers had collected a squad of about 

 340 holluschickie, which were clubbed thus — total 344 number driven, and num- 

 ber taken, 97, or about 72 per cent unfit to take, being made up chiefly of yearlings, 

 'short' 2-year-olds, and 'wigged' 4-year-olds, and 5-year up to 7-year old bulls." 



