SEAL LIFE ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. a 
and Tolstoi on the 16th, and plotted upon the base maps the distribu- 
tion of seals at Tolstoi and Lagoon rookeries on the 17th. Reef, Pola- 
vina, Ketavie, and Lukannon were revisited on the 18th for chart data. 
Leaving Mr. Miller to develop the plates exposed on St. Paul Island, 
I sailed on the morning of the 19th for St. George Island on the U. S. 
S. Alert, and succeeded in landing the same evening. On the 20th I 
collected the necessary chart data for Kast and Little East rookeries, 
St. George Island. From the 18th to the 21st, inclusive, the weather 
was too stormy for photographic work, and if was not until the 22d 
that I got the first photographs on St. George Island, those of North 
rookery. The 23d proved stormy, but with better weather on the 24th 
I secured photographs of East and Little East rookeries. Chart data 
for North rookery were secured the same day, and I duplicated some 
photographs of North rookery taken in 1891. From the 25th to the 
27th it was too stormy for photographic work, but I collected chart data 
for Zapadnie and Starry Arteel rookeries on the 27th. On the 28th I 
photographed the latter rookery. 
On the 29th an opportunity was afforded for returning to St. Paul 
Island on the U.S.S. Adams, and, as the most important rookeries are 
located on that island, I returned without having secured photographs 
of Zapadnie rookery. I immediately recommenced work on the rook- 
eries of St. Paul Island, spending the 30th at Northeast Point and 
Polavina rookeries, the 51st at Reef rookery, and August 1 at Lukannon 
and Ketavie rookeries. 
The Albatross returned to St. Paul Island on the evening of August 
1, and thinking that my time could then be spent more profitably cruis- 
ing among the fleet of pelagic sealers and observing their work than by 
remaining longer on the islands. I went on board that evening accom- 
panied by Mr. Miller. 
My time while at the islands was spent on the rookeries, whether the 
weather was clear or stormy, Mr. Miller attending to the development 
of the plates, thus giving me ample opportunity for going over most of 
the rookeries two or three times. Satisfactory photographs were taken 
of all rookeries except Zapadnie, on St. George Island. Station 2 
(Lagoon rookery) and the one on Village Hill (Reet rookery) were aban- 
doned, as showing nothing on account of distance. The dates for 
photographing the rookeries of St. George Island were changed to those 
of St. Paul Island and vice versa, this change being rendered necessary, 
as explained above, by the uncertainty of the landings at the former 
island. St. Paul, moreover, being the more important island, is most 
‘deserving of attention, and, in the future, I would recommend the com- 
pletion of the work on that island first. 
Several of the photographie stations on the rookeries were marked 
with their numbers or letters in white lead, on the nearest permanent 
bowlders. ‘The stations now marked are as follows: 
St. Paul [sland.—Reef, Ketavie, Lukannon, pace Ao oe and 
Upper Zapadnie (Stations Nos. 12, 26, 14, 143, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 7, 8, 
8+, 9, 10). 
St. George Island.—Kast, Little East, North, and Starry Arteel (9, 
wa, BAe 2, 3, 0; HE), 
For most of the remaining unmarked stations heavy stakes will have 
to be driven into the sand, few permanent bowlders being available. 
The photograph of the grass area on Reef rookery was not duplicated 
owing to bad weather, which is to be regretted, as it would have shown 
how very rapidly this portion of the Reef is becoming erass-grown. 
