144 SEAL LIFE ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 
boats become more widely separated. Sometimes, also, a sudden change 
of wind favors the last boats to go out and places them to windward, a 
coveted position which they could not otherwise have secured, a wind- 
ward position being always considered the best. In perfectly calm 
weather one position is as good as another. 
Record of the position of the vessel and of the catch of fur seals each day by the sealing 
schooner Dora Siewerd during a cruise in Bering Sea in August and September, 1895, 
showing also the number of each sex taken daily as entered in the official log of the vessel. 








Date. \"iatitude. Longitude.| Males. | Females.| Total. 
N. Wa 
Aug. 54 28 167 08 36 6 42 
54 41 167 51) 26 19 45 
54 43 167 00 | 7 6 13 
54° 37 167 20 8 8 16 
54. 42 167 43 14 6 20 
54 58 167 31 18 55 73 
55 10 167 40 | 29 60 89 
55 02 167 48 6 9 15 
35 «(03 167 45 14 16 30 
55 08 167 40 | 48 51 99 
SJ aeaiccciace ieee GEeees (@) (a) 12 
55 15 168 30 38 47 85 
55 21 168 32 1 1 2 
54 56 168 00 2 2 4 
55 15 168 15 44 67 dil 
55 28 168 05 26 43 69 
55 06 168 38 20 24 44 
55 (26 168 30) 10 ll 21 
55 15 171 55 | 74 83 157 
55 08 171 45 | 68 78 146 
55 06 170 43 28 29 57 
55 02 170 10) 5 6 il 
Sept. 55 28 170 26 191 145 336 
55 25 170 50 6 | 4 10 
56 32 172 50 | 3 10 
55 51 171 56 4 | 5 9 
55 55 171 45 5 | 12 17 
55 18 170 06 16 | 8 24 
34 36 167 33 5 | 5 10 
Sah bash rand Saitek Slee Nal bok alia halt Wile at 0 al LR 756 | 809 | 1,577 
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aOn August 15 a canoe went astray, but afterwards returned, bringing in 12 skins, of which the 
sexes were not determined. 
Record of the catch of fur seals and of the number of each sex taken daily by the sealing 
schooner Dora Siewerd during a cruise in Bering Sea in August and September, 1895, as 
determined by A. B. Alexander. 







Date | Males. | Females.} Total. Date | Males. | Females.| Total. 
| | | 
1895. | 1895. | 
ORS aM oho se eiate te Sets | 34 8 | ZOU Mane, OPeeeccepsooce | 12 32 44 
DES ace 26 19 45 Dae Te kee | 10 11 21 
SUSE Ie eal 6 | 7 13 OL pane Cee 62 | 95 157 
(ere ebea pie ete | 8 8 16 TOR GR ahs 68 78 | 146 
QTGE rity Tea | 13 i 20 Danes SOS aneR 14 43 | 57 
NORE See es Saoeice | 18 55 73 Bilge er oy 5 | 6 | 1 
eee ee se DIE A | 10 79 SOHNSepts le en ened cer 120 | 216| 336 
Woes 2 ek Sak. aoae | 3 12 | 15 Dee ean ED 6 4 | 10 
TA Se Cee 14 16 30 Rigas Tea 7 3 | 10 
BEA eee No eeae 31 68 99 OR eee 4 5 | 9 
a ae eee a (a) (a) 12 ik eee ONE | 5 12 | 17 
Mere e ere me 28 | 57 | 85 || eee eeoeene 16 | 8 | 24 
Toh i eee l 1 2 || QO EARS 4 6 10 
TEE Ae AS AR 2 2 4 || ee 
D0 SUR RS Res 44 67 111 || Motallea- eee 583 982 | 1,577 
[Ua es CAC eS | 12 57 | 69 || | 
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aOn August 15 twelve skins were taken, of which the sexes were not determined. 
