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testes could be forced down into the scrotum. They could then be pressed back into 

 the body cavity. The organs were then carefully cut out and preserved. 



It seems clear, therefore, that the testes are under the control of the animal, and 

 can be withdrawn out of the way when the animal moves about. Thus it happens that 

 the only logical groundwork for the absurd theory of sexual injury from driving falls 

 through. In the early years, when the animals are driven most, the testes are 

 naturally out of danger. In the adult animals there is special provision made for 

 protection against the apparently exposed position of the organs. 



OCTOBER 20. 



The past two days have been so stormy that it has been impossible to visit a 

 rookery. 



A SICK cow. 



Some of the natives reported a sick cow among the sand dunes of Lukanin beach. 

 I went out with Neon Mandrigan and Peter Eustikof to see her. She was still alive, 

 but helpless. As she had been lying there a day and a half, I ordered her killed, 

 with a view to ascertaining the trouble and to obtain the uterus, thus avoidiog the 

 necessity of killing a healthy cow. 



No bones were found broken. The lungs seemed to be slightly congested; other 

 organs apparently in good condition. The stomach was wholly empty. She must 

 belong to that class of cows of which 3 or 4 have been seen overcome with fright. It 

 is possible that she might have recovered. She was lying in a little hollow where a 

 temporary lagoon had been formed by the high surf washing over Lukauin beach. 

 She was probably washed in and left when tbe water subsided. 



Her skin had a spot bare of fur in it, and in her back was a recently healed 

 wound, evidently caused by a bite. 



A bull with a broken back was seen on the sand at Lukanin. Kedpath says the 

 bull will get along all right. Says he has seen seals turn up in the drive with both 

 hind flippers taken clear off, with one front flipper taken oft' close up to the shoulder. 

 The seals were in good condition and got around all right. 



NOTES. 



Made the following notes from the Judge's report, which he kindly let me read 

 this morning : 



"This year the first bulls arrived April 13. 

 "The first killable seals arrived May 11. 

 "The first cow seen on North rookery June 8. 

 "Five cows were seen on Eeef rookery June 12. 

 " The first pup was seen on Eeef rookery June 14." 



ZOLTOI. 



I had Karp Buterin shoot with a rifle one of the many pups playing and 

 sleeping just off Zoltoi sands. The pup was in the act of playing with a piece of 

 seaweed. Its stomach was found to be full of milk, without trace of other substance. 

 It is difficult to shoot these pups, and it was only after repeated trials that we got 

 this one. 



