Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-27
TO SAVE THE SEALS
Esriag Sea Squadron Is Doing
Excellent Police Work.
SNAIL cATcH IS REPORTED
sfaaY tezssss " 2rnad wfasse Oss sefs
HAd Given instructions ca Asep ost
90 rrohfeitetl Waters

WAsHiSCros. july e6--At last tie
uasy ds partssoat has recaaRel az a.
ocae- o. Ia Ureralioas x g6e Boring
So e4uaf5t up O. Es-e lsttes part q
Ju1e. Ilss mail las brought report
fgo.u Cartasn Lad.ew. WA0 - IN con-
Eaad o. tie entire squadrpn, and the
news e5gtane.i IA ti.a report touching
the disposition x tas sealuss to obseTss
Ese moaas WsenGl IS gratifying 10 tie
o.isc aiz
Captain LGsiiox's report j. dated 81
Hamoosdt hAfhor. PapoG island, June
-. Il states that tie fagfhip NohIcan
sailed fFoa4 SltAa June 80, ard arrived
at ksdikoa June - Here cJmmuniea-
tion was had with the deputy collector
and tao schoonefs were bearded and
warned. Arriving al Humboit harbor
June -. tho Albatross AID hanger were
found IN port The Lush also came II
fc,r hours later. the Albatross
aud Rush had searched all Of
the harbors and carried out orders
eGficienfly. The Rush was instructed to
put stop 10 all Illegal sealing. and the
Albatross was ordered 10 the bay OF
Waterfalls. Adakoh Island. where there
was Il rendezvous Of sealers about July
>. and then proceeded To the seal islands.
land her party Of civilians and turn her
attention - the protection Of seal life.
The Ranger Was TO search and warn
schoOners on the Slime and Baird
banks and reach Aggitatu Island July
II. when there vas To be another
rendezvous OF sealers.
Excellent Police Work.
Later she was to be stationed to the
south Of the islands. The Mohican
spoke the British man-of-war Garnet
and exchanged courtesies The Nohi-
can was TO leave June - for Dutch Har-
Dor on a general cruise. The report
states that almost every sealing vessel
known TO be on the American side OF
the sea has been warned by the squad
ron. The two British ships. the Garnet
and Nymph. were also active in patrol
work. boarding and warning seventeen
sealers. two III which were American.
Up 10 the time of Captain Ludlow
writing the Ranger had boarded nine
vessels. the Albatross seven American
and fourteen British. the Rush twelve
American and six British. and the Mohi-
can, Captain Ludlow's flagship. six
American and one British vessel.
From information gathered from the
sealing vessels Captain Ludlow states
that no steamer was 10 come north for
skins this year and the sealers will
bring in their cargoes at the close OF the
the season. The British sealers. he
says. are under orders from their owners
not t. violate American laws In the
trans shipment OF skins or TO enter the
prohibited waters Of Boring sea. The
health Of the squadron. he reports IN
conclusion, is excellent. Captain Lud-
low states that twenty nine vessels were
boarded and inspected by British and
American men -of-war. OF these TWEEN
;y-two were boarded by the American
fleet and the remainder 10y ships OF the
British squadron. The total number
OF sealskins found on board these YES
sells was Is, IA, the catches varying from
as low as 30 on some. To as high as
ISL. The average number however,
was between 800 and COO.