RAREST OF SEALS is the sleek Gala- 

 pagos fur seal, long thought to be ex- 

 tinct, but recently rediscovered in a 

 small tidal pool at Darwin Bay, Tower 

 Island. The ferocious old bull at the 

 right is undisputed ruler of the rookery. 



HIGH ROCKY WALLS of the pool af- 

 ford a sunny shelter for the dozing fe- 

 male at left whose specific name is 

 Arctocephalus galapagoensis. 



WITHIN CONFINES of this deep but 

 narrow pool a few more than a score 

 of the rare Galapagos fur seals thrive. 

 Once they numbered hundreds of thou- 

 sands but they were slaughtered ruth- 

 lessly by sealers for their fur and oily 

 blubber. Now they are protected. 



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