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Mr. Gallagher. No, sir; I had not. 



Mr. McGuire. Now, after you finished the count on St. Paul Is- 

 land, what did you do ? 



Mr. Gallagher. We then took the revenue cutter Tahorna and 

 went to St. George Island. 



Mr. McGuire. Who went with you? Whom do you mean by 

 "we"? 



Mr. Gallagher. Mr. Elliott and myself. 



Mr. McGuire. Anybody else? 



Mr. Gallagher. No, sir. 



Mr. McGuire. Any of the natives ? 



Mr. Gallagher. No, sir. 



Mr. McGuire. Any of the Government employees? 



Mr. Gallagher. No, sir. 



Mr. McGuire. What did you do after you reached St. George 

 Island ? 



Mr. Gallagher. After we got to St. George Island — we arrived in 

 the village toward noon, and after lunch Mr. Elliott and I went over 

 the daily log as kept by the agents on that island, taking extracts 

 therefrom. We also inspected the houses of the natives on that 

 afternoon. 



Mr. McGuire. What do you mean by " extracts?" Do you mean 

 to say you did not take complete notes? 



M r. Gallagher. We did not take everything that was in the books; 

 no, sir. But Mr. Elliott dictated notes from different pages as noted 

 in those books. 



Mr. McGuire. Did you examine everything in the books? 



Mr. Gallagher. Mr. Elliott had the books and he dictated to me. 



Mr. McGuire. Do you know whether he examined everything in 

 the books \ 



Mr. Gallagher. I do not know; no, sir. 



Mr. McGuire. But he dictated to vou such notes as you took at 

 that time '. 



Mr. Gallagher. Yes, sir. 



Mr. McGuire. But you did not make a complete notation of the 

 entire log ? . 



Mr. Gallagher. Oh, no; no, sir. 



Mr. McGuire. Then what did you do, after taking those notations 

 from the logs? 



Mr. Gallagher. We spent the afternoon in doing that and inspect- 

 ing the natives' houses, and the next day we started out about 5 o'clock 

 in the morning, between half past 4 and 5 o'clock, and 



Mr. McGuire (interposing). Who was with you? 



Mr. Gallagher. Mr. Elliott and I, accompanied by Mr. Proctor 

 and Mr. Hat ton, Mr. Hatton being on St. George Island at that par- 

 ticular time. 



Mr. McGuire. Who was Mr. Proctor? 



Mr. Gallagher. Mr. Proctor is the Government agent in charge 

 of St. G. urge Island now. 



Mr. McGuire. And Mr. Hatton was the successor of Mr. Lembkey ? 



Mr. Gallagher. Yes. sir: he is his successor, I believe. 



Mr. McGuire. Now you may go ahead. 



Mr. Gallagher. We then started on the rookery work of St. George 

 Island and completed the rookery work on that island about 7.30 in 

 the evening of that day. 



