524 THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



Three killers passed by Kitovi Point close to shore and then veered off to sea. 



The water front of the rookeries is full of young bulls swimming back and forth 

 and lauding at intervals, only to be driven off by the beach masters. 



In the afternoon I again went to Kitovi and Lukanin. One of the cows in the 

 Amphitheater has just had her pup. It goes about dragging the fresh placenta. 



I made another count of the bulls on Kitovi. There were 180 to-day exclusive of 

 the young fellows swimming offshore or roaming about in the rear. 



In all there are 9 cows on Kitovi to day, but there are only 3 pups as yet. The 

 harem at the extreme end of Kitovi has received a new cow since 9 o'clock this 

 morning. A supposed cow held by a bull in the Amphitheater turns out to be a 

 bachelor. 



On Lukanin there are 2 new cows out since 10 this morning. It is now 3.30. 

 There are 13 cows in all on this rookery; 6 have pups. 



Mr. Adams reports from Gorbatch that in the space where there were but 5 cows 

 yesterday there are 13 this morning. There are only 3 pups. One of the new cows 

 not present at 5 o'clock last night has her pup with her at 1.45 to-day. 



He witnessed the landing of a second cow at 1.30. She was seized on landing by 

 the nearest bull. 



I visited Kitovi and Lukanin after supper, but found no change beyond the 

 accession of one new cow. 



JUNE 18. 



I attended the killing at Zapadui this morning, going over in the bidara. Bulls 

 lie at intervals along the foot of the cliffs leading round from Lagoon rookery to 

 Tolstoi Head, a number being at the latter place. They dropped into the water for 

 the most part as the boat passed close to shore. 



After watching the killing for a few minutes I left the recording of rejected seals 

 to Mr. Morton and went to make observations on the rookeries. On Zapadni I found 

 the bulls naturally distributed over the gully on which the stones were put last fall. 

 In the long gully beyond I counted 60 bulls. They were having an unusual amount of 

 trouble with one another. One young fellow was seen to be forced down into the 

 gully from the bank. He was immediately set upon by the bulls, which passed him 

 along toward the sea with little ceremony. At one time four of them had him pinned 

 down to the earth. On the flat above the gully lay a dead bull, from which the skin 

 was torn in great patches. I could not get close enough for an examination, but at a 

 distance under the glass the wounds seemed fresh. He was probably killed in a fight. 



COUNT OF BULLS AND COWS. 



I made a count of the bulls in the rear portion of Little Zapadni and then taking 

 the whaleboat skirted the water front of the three Zapadni rookeries counting the 

 bulls there. This gave a complete count of the bulls on the two smaller portions. 

 Little Zapadni had 231 bulls. These bulls are all in positions where harems were last 

 year. They may include idle bulls, but not territory occupied last year by them. 



Zapadni Reef had 128 bulls. They are scattered along the reef without breaks, 

 though the patches of last year are more or less clearly marked by the grouping of 

 the bulls. 



On the sloping bowlder beach of the main rookery there were 284 bulls. There 

 were 46 bulls on a long flat slope which seemed inaccessible from the rear. The bulls 



