LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO FUR-SEAL FISHING. 5 
Article 2. 
The two Governments shall forbid their citizens and subjects respec- 
tively, to kill, capture, or pursue, in any manner whatever, during the 
season extending, each year, from the first of May to the thirty-first of 
July, both inclusive, the fur seals on the high sea, in the part of the 
Pacific Ocean, inclusive of the Bering Sea, which is situated to the north 
of the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude, and eastward of the one hun- 
dred and eightieth degree of longitude from Greenwich till it strikes the 
water boundary described in article one of the treaty of eighteen hun- 
dred and sixty-seven between the U nited States and Russia, and following 
that line up to Bering Straits. 
Article 3. 
During the period of time and in the waters in which the fur-seal 
fishing is allowed, only sailing vessels shall be permitted to carry^ on or 
take part in fur-seal fishing operations. They will, however, be at lib- 
erty to avail themselves of the use of such canoes or undecked boats, pro- 
pelled by paddles, oars, or sails, as are in common use as fishing boats. 
Article 4. 
Each sailing vessel authorized to fish for fur seals must be provided 
with a special license issued for that purpose by its Government, and 
shall be required to carry a distinguishing flag to be prescribed by its 
Goyernment. 
Article 5. 
The masters of the vessels engaged in fur-seal fishing shall enter 
accurately in their official log book the date and place of each fur-seal 
fishing operation, and also the number and sex of the seals captured 
upon each day. These entries shall be communicated by each of the 
two Governments to the other at the end of the fishing season. 
Article 6. 
The use of nets, firearms, and explosives shall be forbidden in the 
fur-seal fishing. This restriction shall not apply to shotguns when 
such fishing takes place outside of Bering Sea during the season when it 
may be lawfully carried on. 
Article 7. 
The two Governments shall take measures to control the fitness of 
the men authorized to engage in fur-seal fishing; these men shall have 
been proved fit to handle with sufficient skill the weapons by means of 
which this fishing may be carried on. 
Article 8. 
The regulations contained in the preceding articles shall not apply 
to Indians dwelling on the coast of the territory of the United States 
or of Great Britain, and carrying on fur-seal fishing in canoes or 
undecked boats not transported by or used in connection with other 
