THE BRANDING ON ST. GEORGE. 593 



SEPTEMBER 23. 

 MR. JUDGE'S NOTES. 



Beginning with September 17, I branded pups on the rookeries of St. George as 

 follows: 



North rookery 443 



Staraya Artel 404 



Zapadni 677 



East - 235 



Little East 121 



Total 1,880 



OCTOBER 15. 



COLONEL MURRAY'S NOTES. 



On this day I made a count of the dead pups on Lukanin and Kitovi which have 

 been added since the middle of August. I found 542 on Lukanin and 515 on Kitovi; 

 making 1,057 pups which have starved to death on the two rookeries. 



OCTOBER 17. 



COLONEL MURRAY'S NOTES. 



This afternoon was spent in rolling down stones into the gullies of Zapadni, 

 covering the floor of the long gully with large and permanent bowlders. 



OCTOBER 18. 



COLONEL MURRAY'S NOTES. 



To-day we rolled stones weighing from 100 pounds to 2 tons on the sand flat of 

 Tolstoi. 



(This closes the record for the season of 1897). 



