288 THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



RECORD KEPT BY JOSEPH MURRAY. 



July 6. One bull, 1 cow, 1 pup, and 3 or 4 bachelors are reported at Southwest 

 Point. 



July 8. A food drive was made from Middle Hill. The natives complained 

 through their chief that the meat of the older bulls was not relished by the people. 



August 5. Captain Hooper, returning from cruise of Gorwln with Jacob 

 Kotchuten as hunter, reports seals more numerous at 200 miles out than at any other 

 point visited in Bering Sea. Seals killed by his hunter were mothers in milk. 



RECORD KEPT BY LIEUTENANT AINS WORTH. 



September 1. Thousands of seals bulls, cows, pups are on Eeef rookery. 

 Numerous dead pups were seen. 



November 12. One hundred and forty-eight seals from Middle Hill and Tolstoi 

 were killed for food. One pup was smothered on the killing ground. Three seals 

 died on drive. 



December 10. A visit to Halfway Point rookery showed that all the seals had left. 



1893. 



April 17. Three men left for Northeast Point to clear off the rookeries. 



April 19. A few seals were seen swimming in the water near Eeef rookery and 

 some were hauled out on Sea Lion Eock. 



April 27. A native reported seeing a bull hauled up at Zapadni rookery. 



April 28. There are no seals on the Eeef rookeries. They were probably driven 

 away by the Arctic ice. 



April 30. There are no seals at Tolstoi and Middle Hill. One old bull is hauled 

 out at Lagoon rookery. 



May 1. There are no seals at Lukanin, Kitovi, and Eeef. One old bull hauled up 

 at Gorbatch. 



May 5. One old bull is seen at Kitovi, 2 at Lukanin. The chief reports, on 

 returning from Northeast Point, 9 old bulls hauled out at Halfway Point. 



May 13. Two old bulls are hauled up at Tolstoi. Native watchmen returning 

 from Northeast Point report 57 old bulls, 27 sea lions, and 50 bachelors hauled out 

 there. 



May 15. Ten old bulls are at English Bay, 17 at Zapadni, and 25 bachelors 

 hauled out. None on Middle Hill. 



May 17. Twenty- seven old bulls and 20 bachelors are hauled up on the Lukanin ; 

 29 old bulls at Kitovi. 



RECORD KEPT BY JOSEPH MURRAY. 



June 15. Seals are slowly coming on the rookeries. 



June 16. Seals were driven from Tolstoi for food and 471 killed. 



RECORD KEPT BY THOS. E. ADAMS. 



June 26. From Zoltoi 2,000 seals were driven and 736 skins taken. 

 July 4. A schooner was reported off Northeast Point with boats down and 

 shooting seals. 1 



1 This is one of the years of the modus vivendi, when Bering Sea was supposed to be closed. 



