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or less associated with harems of 2-year-olds, which are guarded by young bulls. This 

 till seems to be mimic, not real, rookery life. The rookery extends far back from the 

 sea. The starving pups are all game to the last. Some starving ones are grouped 

 about, good for a week or so yet. Some starved dead ones are also to be seen ; but 

 these are not numerous as yet on the Eeef. 



On the Keef are a great number of starving pups (100 or more) bunched together 

 at the southwest side of the large pond. Only a few are dead yet. These are at a 

 distance from the breeding ground. Some gray pups are very pretty. The old 

 rookery ground here is wholly abandoned. 



LUKANIN. 



In the afternoon Dr. Jordan and Mr. Clark visited Lukanin to look up the 

 branded pups. Cows, bulls, and pups on this rookery seem very sensitive to-day, 

 many taking to the water as soon as we become visible. But they soon quiet down 

 and ignore us when we are seated. 



One of the branded cows is lying on the stones below the cliff among the other 

 seals and pups. Succeeded in rousing her up by throwing pebbles at her. She seems 

 to be out of sorts with herself and uncomfortable, though her movements do not 

 indicate any serious trouble. 



Four of the branded pups are on the rocks at the water's edge. Two others are 

 in the runway, one nursing and the other lying beside its mother. 



A large cow with a scar of a peculiar kind across the top of her head comes out 

 of the water; she has also stagy patches of fur on her side, giving her altogether a 

 ragged appearance. A number of cows with imperfect fur have been seen and not a 

 few bachelors have been rejected on this account at the killings. 



Many pups are in the water playing with the kelp, diving for it, shaking it above 

 their heads and playing with it as a dog might a bone. All these movements are 

 probably the outcropping of the instinct for catching fish. 



KITOVI. 



From the crest of Lukanin Hill we can see a branded pup asleep on a rock near 

 the boundary with Kitovi. As the branding was done at the other end of the rookery 

 he has wandered some distance or had wandered some distance when picked up for 

 branding. 



In the Amphitheater of Kitovi a little starving pup is seen going about nosing the 

 bellies of his sleeping companions. He goes over three while we watch him. Some 

 do not mind him; others wake up as if to know what is wanted. 



A very small cow with a very small pup is present. She must be a late 3-year-old 

 with a very young pup. There are an unusual number of small pups here. Not all 

 are small because starving, for many of them are very plump. These must be late pups. 



The pups are this afternoon in evidence all along the shore down by East Landing 

 and toward the Keef. The rocks off Kitovi Bay are covered with them. As usual, 

 many yearlings are among them, both in the water and on the rocks. Many pups are 

 hauled up and sleeping on the rock at the little tower on the point between Kitovi 

 Bay and Black Bluff. There seem to be several cows asleep among them. One is 

 sleeping with a pup beside her. 

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