436 THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



just below us are 2 young bachelors. They must be 4-year olds. But they show the 

 testes distinctly. They should have been killed this year; they will have wigs started 

 by next season. 



I agree with Mr. Lucas, on looking at these bachelors, that it is necessary to readjust 

 our ideas of 4-year-olds. What we have called 4-year-olds are probably 5-year-olds. 



SWIMMING PUPS. 



As we come to the end of Kitovi we find that the pups are playing in large 

 numbers in the kelp bed of the little bight. On the rocky reef that juts out here 

 there are hundreds of them, and the water about is full. They can also be seen on 

 the rocks and under the black bluffs above East Landing. Below this there are still 

 pups. Going down to the beach we find them swimming in both directions in little 

 bands of from 2 to 25. They stop at our feet and dive for kelp, bring it up in their 

 mouths, snatching it from one another. One is seen to come up with a dead shell. 

 You can hear his teeth rattle on it. He drops it three times and dives, recovering it 

 each time. 



Following down along the beach past East Landing, pups are seen at every point 

 swimming both toward Kitovi and toward the Reef. A dozen or more, with some 

 bachelors, are on the rock in the water off the village killing grounds. Bachelors, 

 probably yearlings, are swimming in numbers with the pups. Do they set the 

 example, which the pups follow, in going so far away? 



Two of the pups are upon the rocks near East Landing, shaking themselves and 

 playing in the sun. They take to the water and swim off. 



At the ledge of lava rocks where the sand dunes begin are 250 or 300 bulls 

 hauled out. Five pups are out with them. On approaching, tho pups and a number 

 of the bulls begin dropping from the ledge into the water. One half bull comes up 

 to the edge and looks down. He turns deliberately around and backs off, holding 

 himself by his front flipper and chin and feeling for bottom with his hind flippers. 

 They do not reach, but after hesitating a while he lets go and drops to the bottom, 

 tumbling over backward. 



Following down along the cliffs to the north end of the reef, every few rods in 

 the water are little bauds of pups swimming in both directions. There is evidently a 

 line of connection made between the Reef and Kitovi. Perhaps a visit along the 

 beach above Lukanin would show that the pups of this rookery and Polovina are also 

 visiting. 



Crossing over to Gorbatch, pups are seen in the surf off Zoltoi sands and along 

 toward Spilki and all along to the Lagoon. Mr. Redpath says that pups from Lagoon 

 rookery have been out 011 the rocks at Warehouse Landing to-day. 



Judge Crowley and Mr. Macoun report killing a pup which was just coming out 

 of the water. The animal was selected with a view to showing whether or not the 

 pups seen in the water are feeding. The pup's stomach contained upwards of a quart 

 of rich milk and a few pebbles, nothing else. 



MR. LUCAS'S NOTES. 



In the morning a bull seal was killed for a skeleton. To get him the lot on the 

 slope of Zoltoi were driven up to the village killing ground. One showing age was 



