ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The plates herewith presented are designed to show the fact of decline in the 

 fur-seal herd during the period covered by the operations of the regulations of the 

 Paris Award. The number of examples might be multiplied indefinitely, but it is not 

 necessary to do so. 



Plate 1. This is a view in panorama of a portion of Kitovi rookery on St. Paul 

 Island known as the Amphitheater. The photographs were taken on the 15th of July, 

 1894, when the season was at its height and the maximum number of breeding seals 

 for the season present. 



Plate . This is a view of the same breeding ground taken on the 13th of July, 

 1897, a date which practically coincides with that in plate 1. The contrast for the 

 two seasons is too obvious to require comment. 



Plate 3. This represents a section of the small breeding ground on Eeef Peninsula 

 known as Ardiguen. The date is July 15, 1894. By the aid of a glass six harems, 

 aggregating more than 100 cows, can be distinguished. This plate should be compared 

 with plate 5, to follow. 



Plate 4. This view of the same breeding ground for July 20, 1895, is introduced 

 to show the progress of the decline, by comparison with the season of 1894, as shown 

 in plate 3. Ordinarily the shrinkage between successive seasons is not clearly marked 

 in photographs, but the seasons of 1894 and 1895 are exceptional in this regard. The 

 unusual loss which the herd suffered in the first season of the operation of the 

 regulations of the Paris Award 61,000 as against 30,000 in 1893 showed itself 

 distinctly on the breeding grounds in 1894, as indicated in this and other photographs 

 which might be cited. 



Plate 5. This third view of the upper section of Ardiguen for July 13, 1897, when 

 compared with plate 3, shows the most unmistakable evidence of rookery decline, 

 being completely abandoned. In 1896 there were three harems in this territory. The 

 seals represented an overflow due to the crowded condition of the beach, with which 

 it is connected by a narrow ravine. In 1897 there was room for all the seals below. 



Plate 6. This plate shows a bird's-eye view of Zapadni rookery of St. George, 

 taken on July 19, 1895. With it should be contrasted the view of the same rookery 

 in plate 7. 



Plate 7. This view of Zapadni rookery was taken on July 11, 1897. It shows the 

 group in the foreground of plate 6 entirely gone. The large group at the foot of the 

 slope has shrunk perceptibly, as has also the one at some distance beyond. The 

 farthest group shown in 1895 is practically broken up in 1897. 



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