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lu company with three wet cows is a very little one, probably a virgin female, or 

 possibly a yearling male. The little animal goes up and rests in the outermost harem. 

 It is not noticed by the bull. 



YOUNG BULLS. 



Many half bulls are invading the rookeries from the water. Five are seen within 

 a short space. Some have harems of one or two cows each. Others try to intercept 

 cows going to or coming from the water. They may round up virgins later on. The 

 old bulls pay little attention now to these intruders. 



A big bull comes in out of the water. As soon as he gets on the rocks he roars 

 excitedly, making a bee line for the edge of the cliff and attacking a gray 6-year-old 

 who is surrounded by a number of pups but no cows. After a brief fight he throws 

 the gray fellow out, getting his eye laid open. Then he rushes at the bull on the right; 

 returns and drives the gray fellow farther down. It looks as though the old fellow 

 had had a harem there and the claim had been jumped while he was in the water. 



INJURED ANIMALS. 



It has been suggested that the animals that lie stretched out full length are 

 ''injured in the lumbar region." The number of such animals must be very great. 

 Within the range of the eye on this rookery there are 10 old bulls in harems lying 

 at full length either on the back, the side, or the belly. Within the same space, 

 without making a close count, there are 20 cows in the same position. While this 

 position seems a favorite one, every other conceivable attitude is assumed by the 

 sleeping animals. Many are seen lying on rocks with their heads hanging down. 



VIRGIN cows. 



In a harem under the cliff are 3 clean, fresh, little cows that are evidently virgins 

 lately in from the water. One lies on her back. An inquisitive pup noses about her. 

 She folds her flippers over her belly and does not even wake up. Another bites 

 sharply at a pup. She has a different snap from a mother. 



ZAPADNI ROOKERY. 



On St. George Mr. Lucas visited Zapadni rookery, making these notes: 



The harems have moved a little uphill and decidedly away from the cliff. The 

 majority of the cows are in one solid patch, but there are some straggling cows and 

 harems from 100 to 150 yards back. There is no permanence to these latter harems, 

 for the cows are nervous and the bulls chase them about so that now one bull and now 

 another has the cows. 



The pups have for the most part gone down the slope under the cliff, where they 

 fairly swarm; some are in the water. On top of the hill is 1 pup recently dead, with 

 the remains of 2 others eaten by the foxes. 



There are still about 30 idle bulls around the upper part of rookery, most of them 

 noisy and quarrelsome. Some of the bulls have mingled with the bachelors which 

 struggle about the edges of the rookery or even enter it. 



Zapadni shows the decrease of seals better than any other rookery and is most 

 impressive, as from the hillside it can all be seen at a glance, making comparison 



