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seen. Some idle bulls noticed it but did not touch it. Probably a lost pup. It paid 

 no attention to us. 



One bull with one lower canine bent horizontal and one lost was seen on Kitovi. 

 He had no cows. This is the same bull mentioned by Mr. Lucas at the time of the 

 count on the 13th. 



JULY 16. 



Dr. Stejneger, Mr. Lucas, Professor Thompson, Mr. Macoun, and Mr. Townseud 

 went to Northeast Point on the Albatross. Dr. Stejneger and Mr. Lucas counted cows 

 and harems on the scattered portions of the rookery. Mr. Townsend, Professor 

 Thompson, and Mr. Macoun photographed the rookery. In the afternoon Dr. Jordan 

 and Mr. Clark counted harems on the Reef. Colonel Murray counted bulls on the 

 Zapadni rookeries and Tolstoi. 



The weather was fair; cloudy, with occasional glimpses of the sun; westerly 

 winds. Thermometer, 47 ; barometer, 30.20. 



NORTHEAST POINT ROOKERIEH. 



Northeast Point is by far the largest rookery on the islands. For convenience it 

 has been divided into two rookeries and the tip of the Point is taken as the point ot 

 division. The area to the south and east of the point is designated as Morjovi (of the 

 walrus); that to the west of the point Yostochui (eastern). 



Beginning at the eastern side of the peninsula, at a point a little northeast of 

 Webster House, the barems lie scattered along the shingle beach in a narrow belt, 

 which widens into a group of considerable size across a projecting rocky point. A 

 little bay with a sand beach intervenes and forms a break. The harems are resumed 

 along the sides of Sea Lion Neck, a narrow spit running to the southeast and having 

 a sea-lion rookery on its tip. The groups are small and scattered. There is a break 

 made by the sandy beach of what is called Walrus Bight. Beyond this lies a wedge- 

 shaped, densely massed group of harems on the flat back from the shore. A hauling 

 ground follows this, and beyond it are scattered patches of seals to the tip of Northeast 

 Point itself. This is Morjovi rookery. 



From this point the harems extend along the shingle beach to the angle of 

 Hutchinson Hill, on the flat area at the base of which they are again densely massed. 

 On either side of the massed portion are bachelor runways. The rookery continues 

 to occupy the rocky beach with occasional breaks and outcroppings of the harems of 

 the flat above until just opposite Cross Hill and the beginning of the great sand beach 

 leading down to "North Shore," as it is called. This section is called Vostochni 

 rookery. 



NOTES OF DR. STEJNEGER AND MR. LUCAS. 



The first patch just south of Sea Lion Neck was counted and found to contain 

 87 harems with 967 cows, an average of 11.25 per harem. There were 12 idle bulls in 

 the rear of this patch. 



On the south side of Sea Lion Neck are 8 harems with 87 cows. On the north 

 side are 17 harems with 140 cows. Four idle bulls are counted here. 



The crowded mass beyond Walrus Bight can not be counted, nor can any between 

 here and the break beyond Hutchinson Hill. The harems can not be approached 

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