492 THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



include another strip, which was counted in the same manner. The lines were about 

 200 feet long and Outer Zapadni was split in two. Several natives were employed to 

 pass along the bowlders of the water front to search out and indicate hidden pups. 

 Another force under the direction of Judge Crowley marked the terminations of the 

 sections and cleared out a line of pups to avoid duplication on the return count. 



The counting was done entirely by myself and Mr. Macoun, each one seeing 

 personally practically all the pups counted. The total number of dead paps counted 

 on Zapadni was 4,395. The total of dead pups previously counted on this rookery was 

 3,095. This leaves a margin of 1,300 pups chargeable to starvation. To this should 

 be added 154 doomed pups counted by Colonel Murray and Mr. Barrett-Hamilton, 

 making 1,454 in all. Undoubtedly some pups have disappeared since the first count, 

 but the number seemed not as great as was expected. 



It is not possible to separate the death trap areas in this count. The increase on 

 them has not been great, as for the most part these spaces have been abandoned by 

 the seals, which have hauler! far back beyond them, preferring the rocks to the sand 

 in wet weather. It was in these sandy areas that the chief loss of pups formerly 

 counted will be felt. The gale of wind lias covered a few of them with sand, and the 

 passing back and forth of the seals has worn others to pieces. 



Mr. Barrett-Hamilton kindly gives me the following notes regarding pups: 



" One pup with a peculiarly deformed nose was found. The nose, which had a 

 number of warty growths upon it, was preserved. 



"One pup was found blind in the left eye; one with a cut on his left flipper; one 

 had the left hind flipper gone; one had a fore flipper broken. Two blind, gray pups 

 were found ; they were fat and in good condition ; their mothers evidently find and 

 nurse them. One pup apparently had no eyes at all; the openings were very small 

 and closed up tightly. Another blind pup was seen on Zapadni Beef." 



I afterwards saw 3 of these blind pups. The eyes of 2 were white of the " moon- 

 eye" type. The eyes of 1 were green, like the eyos of an angry cat. 



By Judge Crowley's direction a number of starving gray pups were killed, it 

 being evident that they were doomed to die within a day or two. The skins were 

 taken for museum purposes. 



Sixteen pups were found on the sands of Southwest Bay. This is considerably 

 less than the number counted August 14, and some of the present ones are freshly 

 washed up. 



LITTLE ZAPADNI. 



On Little Zapadni rookery the lines were dispensed with, as the rookery is small 

 and the dead pups are chiefly near the beach. Judge Crowley and I passed along the 

 beach portion of the rookery, Mr. Macoun along the upper part. Natives were lined 

 up at short spaces between. This placed a man at every interval of 10 feet throughout 

 the width of the rookery. The dead pups were pointed out and recorded by Mr. 

 Macoun and myself. Mr. Barrett Hamilton and Colonel Murray, as before, went in 

 advance and drove oft' the seals, counting the starving pupS. 



The count of dead pups for this rookery gave a total of 677. It had on the 

 previous count 134 dead pups. Sixty-four starving pups were counted. 



