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in former days they affirmed that [[strikethrough]] they [[/strikethrough]] seals only hauled out on Mushir, Raikoke and Srednoi, not on Broughton or on Ushishir, and that those places were regular breeding rookeries where the females mated and brought forth their young.

The captain had personal experience in the early raids, having 23?? years ago, or 1873 1888?, the first year of the existing of the existence of Suisan Kaisha, been present when 480 skins 
[[?]] when 480 [[?]] 524