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a landing and a beach just between them. The northern Zapadnie 

 lies mostly on the gently sloping, but exceedingly rockj^, flats of a 

 rough volcanic ridge which drops there to the sea; it, too, has an 

 approximation to the Tolstoi depth, but not to such a solid extent; it 

 is the one rookery which I have reason to believe has sensibly increased 

 since my first survey in 1872. It has overflowed from the boundary 

 which I laid down at that time, and has filled up for nearly half a 

 mile, a long ribbon-like strip of breeding ground to the northeast from 

 the hill slope, ending at a point where a few detached rocks jut out. 



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and the sand takes exclusive possession of the rest of the coast. 

 These rocks aforesaid are called by the natives Nearhpahskie kammin, 

 because it is a favorite resort for the hair seals. Although this exten- 

 sion of a very decided margin of breeding ground, over half a mile in 

 length, between 1872 and 1876, does not, in the aggregate, point to a 

 very large increased number, still it is a gratifying evidence that the 

 rookeries, instead of tending to diminish in the slightest, are more 

 than holding their own. 



Zapadnie, in itself, is something like the Reef plateau on its eastern 



