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Standing on the bald summit of Lnkannon Hill, we turn to the 

 sonth, and look over Keetavie Point, where another large aggregate 

 of breeding seals rests under our eye. The hill falls away into a 

 series of faintl}^ terraced tables, which drop down to a flat that again 

 abrui)tly descends to the sea at Keetavie Point. Between us and the 

 Keetavie rookery is the parade ground of Lnkannon, a sight almost 

 as grand as is that on the reef which we have feebly attempted to 

 portray. The sand dunes to the west and to the north are covered 

 with the most luxuriant grass, abruptly emarginated by the sliarp 

 abrasion of the hauling seals; this is shown very clearly on the gen- 

 eral map. Keetavie Point is a solid basaltic shelf. Lnkannon Ilill, 

 the summit of it, is composed of volcanic tufa and cement, with irreg- 

 ular cubes and fragments of pure basalt scattered all over its fiipper- 

 woi'u slopes. Lnkannon proper has 2,270 feet of sea margin, Avith an 

 average depth of 150 feet, making ground for 170,000 breeding seals 



and their young. Keetavie rookery has 2,200 feet of sea margin, 

 with an average depth of 150 feet, making ground for 165,000 breed- 

 ing seals and their young, a whole aggregate of 335,000 breeding seals 

 and their young. This is the point, down along the flat shoals of 

 Lnkannon Bay, where the sand dunes are most characteristic, as thej^ 

 rise in their wind-whirled forms just above the surf wash. This also 

 is where the natives come from the village during the early mornings 

 of the season, for driving, to get any number of '^'holluschickie." 



It is a beautiful sight, glancing from the summit of this great rook- 

 ery hill up to tlie north over that low reach of the coast to Tonkie 

 Mees, where the waves seem to roll in with crests that rise in unbroken 

 ridges for a mile in length each ere they break so grandly and uni- 

 formly on the beach. In these rollers the ' ' holluschickie " are playing 

 like sea birds, seeming to sport the most joyously at the very moment 

 when the heavy billow breaks and falls upon them. 



Tolstoi rookery. — Directly to the west from Lukannon, up along 



