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cow answered the pup, which continued to call. The distance between the two was 

 at least 100 feet. The pup, which was not very old, struggled hard to make its way 

 in her direction. The natural stupidity of the fur-seal pup was well exemplified by 

 the number of attempts it made to climb impossible rocks instead of going around 

 them. The pup was following the sound of its mother's voice, which it received in 

 a straight line. But at last it reached the cow, was recognized by her, and allowed 

 to nurse. It is not likely that this pup wandered away. The bull probably stole the 

 cow and in doing so bit her in the back. The sleeping pup was left behind. 



A rather remarkable capture of a cow was witnessed at the western end of 

 Gorbatch. A bull was watching a cow swimming in the water. She was several 

 yards out from the edge of the cliff'. The bull plunged oft' the cliff and swam toward 

 the cow, which turned to escape. He soon caught her and holding her above the 

 water in his mouth, swam in and slammed her on the rocks. It is probable that 

 many of these pregnant cows are injured in this way. 



ARDIGUEN. 



On Ardiguen there are 30 bulls, all told. Three bulls are on the flat above the 

 slide. Bull' A, with the scar on the left flipper, is on his shelf under the bank. The 

 other two are in the positions occupied by B and C last year, though they do not seem 

 to be the same bulls. 



The bachelors on the Keef are working back to their usual hauling ground. They 

 are all about the pile of stones which was used as an observation point on the 12th. 

 At that time they were lying in the dry bed of the pond. There are a few bachelors 

 out on Zoltoi sands. 



I walked to Lukanin after supper and found that a harem which had 2 cows 

 and a pup at 3 o'clock in the afternoon had now 4 cows and 2 pups. The 2 cows 

 having the pups arrived on the 18th and 19th, respectively. Probably the pup born 

 between 11 this morning and 3 in the afternoon was from the first cow. The cow 

 arriving on the 18th was seen to land at 3 o'clock; the one on the 19th at 2 o'clock. 

 We have, therefore, an interval of about 48 hours for one and 30 for the other. 



The earliest born of the 2 pups above noted is dead, apparently crushed in a 

 crevice in the rocks. It was doubtless killed by the bull in his efforts to secure the 2 

 cows which he has added to his harem during the afternoon. This is the bull which 

 swam out and captured his second cow in the water. It is the first dead pup so far 

 seen. 



JUNE 21. 



I went to Kitovi rookery this morning and counted the population of the 

 Amphitheater 46 bulls, 9 cows, 3 pups. A count of the bulls on Lukanin rookery 

 was made 136 in all. There were 52 cows on this rookery. 



I witnessed the lauding of 4 cows and saw a fifth as she was entering a harem of 

 3 cows. In no case did the bull know of the presence of the cow until she was settled 

 in the harem. Each bull, when aware of the addition to his family, bustled about and 

 welcomed her. She made no attempt to escape. 



Mr. Adams watched Lukanin in the afternoon. He reports "that a bull left 3 

 cows to capture a fourth, which was landing near his harem. She tried to escape, and 



