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■where in this document. I'iie <rr()wth of the herd by ('oinj)onent ])arts 

 for 12 years is shown in the table below. 



Qeneral coini)arison of computatiotui of the seal herd on the J'ribilof Islands 

 1922-33 



St. Paul and St. George Islands are inhabited by sizable herds of 

 blue foxes which produce annually several hundred pelts. The care 

 of these animals in the winter months when it is not easy for them to 

 find natural food is one of the important activities of the islands at 

 that season, as the feeding of prepared rations must be carried on to 

 keep the fo.xes in prime condition for both trapping and breeding. 



TRAPPING SEASON OF 193 3-34 



In the 1933-34 season there were taken 939 fox pelts, of which 914 

 were blue and 25 white. Two hundred and fourteen blue and 23 

 white pelts were taken on St. Paul Island, and 700 blue and 2 wdiite 

 pelts on St. George Island. There were also trapped, marked, and 

 released for breeding stock 35 foxes on St. Paul Island and 192 on 

 St. George Island. The breeding reserve includes also a considerable 

 number of animals that were not captured during the season. 



REINDEER 



St. Paul Islwul. — On September 30, 1933, the reindeer herd on St. 

 Paul Island nmnbered 673 animals, including the natural increase of 



