INVESTIGATION OF THE FUE-SEAL INDUSTEY OF ALASKA. 661 



Mr. McGuiee. Do you know how many seals you estimated to be 

 on that island I 



Mr. Gallaghee. Those figures are also in our report; I could not 

 give them offhand. 



Mr. McGuiee. Did you make the estimate in one day? 



Mr. Gallaghee. Yes, sir. 



Mr. McGuiee. Did you make any effort there to count the pups? 



Mr. Gallaghee. No, sir. 



Mr. McGuiee. You made your estimate in ver} x much the same 

 way that you made it on St. Paul Island ? 



Mr. Gallaghee. Yes, sir. 



Mr. McGuiee. And finished in one day? 



Mr. Gallaghee. Yes, sir. That was a long daj T , however, from 

 about half past 4 in the morning until 7.30 in the evening. 



Mr. McGuiee. The days were long at that season of the year there, 

 were they not ? 



Mr. Gallaghee. Yes; very long. 



Mr. McGuiee. Then what did you do, after having made your 

 estimate there ? In other words, how long did you remain on that 

 island ? 



Mr. Gallaghee. We finished that and boarded the revenue cutter 

 again. That was on Friday evening and the revenue cutter got us 

 back to St. Paul Island late Saturday evening. 



Mr. McGuiee. Then what did you do? 



Mr. Gallaghee. I believe I spent all day Sunday going over the 

 notes I had taken up to that time, and on the following days we spent 

 the time in going over the logs of St. Paul Island. 



Mr. McGuiee. What did you do with the logs? 



Mr. Gallaghee. We did the same thing on St. Paul Island as we 

 did on St. George Island, that is, Mr. Elliott went through the logs 

 and dictated notes here and there from them. 



Mr. McGuiee. You took such notes from the logs of each island as 

 Mr. Elliott dictated ? 



Mr. Gallaghee. Yes, sir. 



Mr. McGuiee. After you had finished that work what did you do ? 



Mr. Gallaghee. We examined the natives' houses; spent one day 

 on that. 



Mr. McGuiee. What do you mean by examining the natives' 

 houses — to determine the condition of repair, and so f arth ? 



Mr. Gallaghee. Yes, sir. We went in and interrogated the natives 

 as to the condition of the houses and if they were satisfied. 



Mr. McGuiee. How many days did you spend on that? 



Mr. Gallaghee. One day. 



Mr. McGuiee. Just what did you do ? 



Mr. Gallaghee. Then we also had these meetings of the natives 

 in which we took their statements. 



Mr. McGuiee. Who was present at those meetings? 



Mr. Gallaghee. Mr. Elliott and I were the only Americans. 



Mr. McGuiee. Did you invite the other Americans there? 



Mr. Gallaghee. No, sir. 



Mr. McGuiee. In addition to Mr. Elliott and yourself, you had an 

 interpreter ? 



Mr. Gallaghee. Yes, sir. 



Mr. McGuiee. Was it necessary to talk through an interpreter to 

 the natives? 



