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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt:...They have to go a long way and hunt a long time in order to get one or two seals, and unless all seal hunting is stopped in the water the seal, like the sea-otter, will soon be all gone. Have never known any pups to be born in the water or on the No Pelasic blrtnland in British Columbia or Alaska, nor have I known Do not haul upon any seals to haul up on the land anywhere in British coas' Columbia or Alaska. his Smith X Natch. mark. Witness to his mark: J. M. Potter, A. W. Lavender. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of May, 1892. A. W. Lavender, United States Treasury Agent. Deposition of Abel Ryan, scaler. PELAGIC SEALING. Abel Ryan, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 22 years old Was born in British Columbia and reside on Dundas Island. I have hunted fur-seal every season since I Experience. was a boy, between March and June. Always hunted in Dixons Entrance and oft' Prince of Wales Island. The majority of seals taken by me have been females with pup. Once in a great while I catch an old bull. A few yearlings maf"j 'JTM fchave been taken and the majority of males are two and three year olds. Shotgun is exclusively used by me for taking seals. Lose about 20 per cent of those killed with shot gun. Decrea Have noticed the seal are getting scarce the last few years. The cause of the scarcity is, I think, too many schooners hunting them off Prince of Wales Island, and unless they are stopped the seal will soon be all gone. I have never known or heard of. any pups being born in the water or on the land anywhere around this part of Alaska, Have never known Do not haul up on any fur-seal to haul up on the land anywhere around British Columbia or Alaska. I do know that where Indians formerly went out and brought back fifteen seals thev sca...