554 INVESTIGATION OF THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 



Mr. Clark. No; I can not. On page 186, to take one of these 

 three instances, Mr. Elliott says: 



In this connection it is also passing strange that Dr. Jordan should have gone out 

 of his way to misquote another authority who has explicitly denied the lolling of 

 female seals by the Russians. On page 25 Dr. Jordan's own statement is — 



and I have read that. Mr. Elliott goes on to say: 



Unfortunately for Dr. Jordan, he has not quoted Yanovsky correctly. He has 

 deliberately suppressed the fact as stated by this Russian agent, and put another and 

 entirely different statement in his mouth. 



Then follows a quotation, in which the word "bachelors" is used, 

 instead of the words "young breeders," which Dr. Jordan used. 



The Chairman. Why do you not read the quotation while you are 

 at it; because here is the original from which it is translated? 



Mr. Clark. I would like to save time, but I want to read it from 

 the reference which Mr. Elliott gives, from the original of the book. 



The Chairman. I know; but you have used the commentary; 

 why not read the original ? 



Mr. Clark. I want to read this quotation from its source; I was 

 the secretary, and I got the quotation, and that is why I am answering 

 it. 



Mr. McGuire. I submit, Mr. Chairman, that if he wants to read 

 the quotation from Mr. Elliott's report, he should be allowed to do so. 



The Chairman. But he commented on this [indicating paper in 

 chairman's hand]. 



Mr. McGuire. Not on the same thing? 



The Chairman. Yes; he says the quotation is false. 



Mr. Clark. Now, at the bottom of this quotation by Henry W. 

 Elliott it has the reference, "Appendix to United States Fur Seal 

 Arbitration; Letter No. 6, page 58, March 15, 1821." That is sup- 

 posed to be a reference conclusively proving that Dr. Jordan, when 

 he said "young breeders," instead of bachelors," falsified the report 

 of the Russian agent. 



The Chairman. But is it not a fact that he means to state that Dr. 

 Jordan did not correctly report what this man says ? 



Mr. Clark. That is exactly what I want to get at. 



Here is volume 2, and it is the Case of the United States, Appendix 

 1, and it is at page 5S, this very letter, which is dated March 15, 1821. 

 The words are: 



Consequently, only the old breeding animals remain, and if any of the young 

 breeders are left alive in the autumn, they are sure to be killed the next spring. 



That is the quotation as Dr. Jordan used it. 



Now, I have quoted from the book which Henry W. Elliott gives 

 as his authority, and it confirms Dr. Jordan absolutely. 



Mr. McGuire. The Elliott quotation is not an accurate quotation 

 of Dr. Jordan, is it ? 



Mr. Clark. Not at all. 



Mr. McGuire. They are entirely different? 



Mr. Clark. Yes. I wish to say there is a second translation of 

 this letter, which appears in the British Counter case. Dr. Jordan 

 was well aware of that translation at the time; but he considered the 

 American translation superior. The British translation uses the 

 word "bachelor" instead of "young breeders." But the point I 

 want to get at is that Dr. Jordan is charged with falsifying a record 



