92 ALASKA. 



" Naspeel, July 20, 1874. 



" xV diminution of one-half at least. Very few here this year. 

 It is no place for a rookery j not a pistol-shot from the natives^ 

 houses." 



»* Lagoon, Jnhj 20, 1874. 



" No noteworthy change j if any, a trifling increase. Condi- 

 tion good." 



" Tolstoi, Juhj 21, 1874. 



*' No perceptible change in this rookery from its good shape 

 of 1872. The condition excellent." 



*' Zapadnie, July 22, 1874. 



" An extension or increase of 2,000 feet of shore-line, with 

 an average depth of 50 feet of breeding-ground, has been built 

 on to Upper Zapadnie toward Tolstoi ; the upper rookery proper 

 has not altered its bearings or proportions j the sand-beach belt 

 between it and Lower Zapadnie deserted by the breeding-seals 

 almost entirely, and a fair track for the holluschickie left clear, 

 over which they have traveled quite extensively this season, 

 some 20,000 to 25,000 lying out to-dny. Lower Zapadnie has 

 lost in a noteworthy degree about an average of 20 feet of its 

 depth, which, however, is much more than compensated for by 

 the great increase to the upper rookery. 



" A small beginning had been made for a rookery on the 

 shore just southwest from Zapadnie Lake, in 1872, but this 

 year it has been entirely abandoned." 



On Saint George a survey gives for this season the following 

 in comparison with that of 1873 : 



" Zapadnie, July 8, 1874. 



*' This rookery shows a slight increase upon the figures of h\st 

 year, about 5,000. Fine condition." 



'' Stariiy Ateel, July 0, 1874. 

 " No noteworthy change from last year." 



^' North Rookery, July G, 1874. 

 *' Xo essential change from hist year ; condition very good." 



" Little Eastern, July 6, 1874. 

 " A slight diminution of some 2,000 or so. Condition excel- 

 lent." 



" Eastern Eookery, July 7, 1874. 

 " A small increase over last year of about 3,000, nudving tlie 

 aggregate seal-life siinihir to that of last season, with the cer- 

 tainty of a small inciease. 



