324 THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



time. The cow creeps off and the bull sits down, mouth open, and fans himself with 

 one flipper. Then he rolls over and fans himself with both flippers. A pup begins to 

 play with the moving flippers. 



In their fights the bulls strike for the most part at the base of the fore flipper. 

 Nearly every old bull has scars there. 



JULY 21. 



Dr. Jordan and Mr. Clark visited the Reef and Gorbatch in the morning, and 

 went with Mr. Lucas to Tolstoi in the afternoon. 



Weather fair, with light clouds; southeasterly breezes. Thermometer, 44; 

 barometer, 30.48. 



ZOLTOI. 



At the angle of Zoltoi sands with the rocky cliff, which seems to be a sort of 

 receiving hospital for injured bulls, a large number of wounded animals are constantly 

 to be seen hanging about the edge of the water. Some of them- are terribly cut tip. 

 A number of these invalids have been killed and dissected, and the results are 

 recorded by Mr. Lucas in the chapter on the mortality of seals. 



There are 150 half bulls hauled out on the slope at Zoltoi; there are only two or 

 three killable seals among them. These half bulls have probably been driven several 

 times already, and will undoubtedly appear in the next drive. 



There is a prehistoric pile of bones on the rock plateau above Zoltoi. The bones 

 contain skulls of bulls and seals of all ages; there are the bones of sea lions and all 

 kinds of birds, foxes, etc. This pile of bones was photographed in 1892 by the 

 British commission to illustrate the myth of the " carcass-strewn " driveways. As a 

 matter of fact the Eeef drive does not pass within a hundred yards of the spot. The 

 skeleton of a seal buried in the sand looks surprisingly like the imprint of bones 

 found in the rock at Roblar, near Paso Robles, Cal. These were supposed by 

 some to be the bones of prehistoric man. They may have been the bones of a seal 

 or sea lion. 



Looking over Townsend's photographs of Reef rookery for 1892 and 1895, one can 

 see plainly a large falling off at the later date on all the massed portions. When we 

 compare photographs for 1894 and 1895 for Reef we do not find the difference so 

 striking. 



ARDIGUEN. 



Harem A has moved well up under the lee of the cliff, with but 1 cow. Y remains 

 in the old position of A, but with no cow. 



Harem B has 5 cows; C, 30. Harem X has 6 cows and is growing right along. 

 Harem D has 14 cows; 2 of them show by their wet coats that they have just come 

 from the water. The bull belonging to E is gone; 7 cows lie about the old position: 

 F has 5 cows; G, 15, lying about asleep. The bull of E is seen lying down below G 

 fast asleep; seems considerably cut. There is a wet cow climbing up to C. A pup 

 ejects a quantity of cream-colored excrement. 



