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* * * One after another the little fellows are draw off until 23 have been exam- 

 ined. They are all plainly holostiaki— y ear lings. 



That is, yearling bachelors. 



A few yet remain but their size and the presence of the wig sufficiently indicate 

 their sex and they are released. 



Now, this is what I want you to note : 



It mav safely be inferred that no virgin females are among the bachelors on the 

 Reef. 



That is the official record made by Dr. Jordan. Those statements 

 are absolute contradictions. Here you have a man who was not 

 present at the experiment recording something in his log, with which 

 he had no connection; and here you have the record of the man 

 himself making the test which is diametrically opposite. 



Mr. McGuire. Do you know who made that record? 



Mr. Clark. No; I do not, but I know that Joseph B. Crowley was 

 in charge. 



The Chairman. How about the recording of yearlings ? 



Mr. Clark. This is August 



The Chairman (interposing). That is the point about it. 



Mr. Clark. It is not the point. In one case it is alleged that it is 

 conceded that females are on the hauling grounds and in the other 

 case it is inferred that females are not on the hauling grounds. It 

 is not the killing season in August ; the killing season is over. 



The Chairman. Now, yearlings do not come in until August. 

 That is your statement is it not ? 



Mr. Clark. They begin to come in about that time, but only in 

 small numbers then. 



The Chairman. What would you say of the 11th of August? 



Mr. Clark. No; I would say any time after the 1st of August, and 

 and we found here about 23 animals out of a considerable pod of 

 them; I do not know how many. 



The Chairman. Here is a statement from the Official Journal: 



[P. 229: Official Journal, Government Agent, St. Paul Island, 1890] 



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 (i. e., 274), 

 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. (Chas. J. Goff, U. S. chief special agent in 

 charge seal islands.) 



So that they were there already in large numbers on June 18, if this 

 is correct. This is taken from the Official Journal. 



Mr. Clark. It is the statement of Mr. Goff; not my statement or 

 that of Dr. Jordan. 



The Chairman. Would you question the truth of it ? 



Mr. Clark. I have no reason to question the truth of it. 



The Chairman. Then you must be mistaken if they do not come 

 until August. How about that ? 



Mr. Clark. Perhaps I ought to have qualified that and said that 

 they did not, so far as we knew. I am speaking from my own obser- 

 vation, of course. I want that understood. 



The Chairman (reading) : 



Monday, June 23, 1890.— (p. 231.) 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 



