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HI. SERIES OF WATER-COLOR SKTCHES SROWTAFr 

 THE BREEDING GROUiNDS OF THE TOR SEAT ^ 

 LIRHINUS URSINUS) ON THE pSK^^^^^^^^ 

 ALASKA. SKETCHED BY HENRY^V FIT lOTT 

 NATURE, AND EXHIBFrED BY TM 

 MERCIAL COMPANY OF SAN FRANCISCO C^^^^^^^^^ 



Ko. 1. The Fur SecU Eoolenj. "Eeef Point." A view of one of m 

 seven large fur seal hreediny grounds on St. PauVs Island, 

 Prybilov group, Alaska. ' 



No. 2. Gathering the Drive. Seal drovers making- the daily selection of 

 seals for slaughter on Zoltoi sands, one of the twelve haul- 



m 3 The n7 ^"""T^ '^' 'l^ ^"' ''"^ "^ ^'- ^^^^'^ ^«1^"^^' Alaska. 

 No. 3. The Dnve m Motion. Fur seals being driven up to the slaugh- 



No. 4. The EMvng Field. I^atives slaughtering thefur seals the skinned 

 carcasses &c., on the killing ground near the village, St 

 Paul's Island, Alaska. ' 



No. 5. Fur S'eals Approaching their Breeding Grounds. View of the man 

 uer in which the fur seals approach the PrybUov Islands, 

 Alaska, while at sea. ^ 



