5-4 ALASKA INDDSTEIES. 



soil would and does now ^^^ol.eit^ni.^^cor^^ f/t^etSf' 

 hun.us: and, after heavy rams a tM^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ 



The natives m ^^^^^^Jf '\*;"\tariv torS^^^^ field especially severe, 

 near by this ^««^^^^"y' f "^,\?fXutirXch ended in 1834 by the stop- 

 up to that season ot uttei ^"^"^^^Jf/^ ™^^^ St George. When that 

 plug of all killing for shipment on St. P^^^^f^^^^^^^^ then 



Lpooskawas ordered the settte^^^^^^^^ established in 



il^at reTo^thL^'tVrttllile was brought down at thxs txme 



L'theSStiig town site a..d t^^f^^ffe^^^^^^^ early in 



Since that time up to 18S-^, ^^^ ond a tew sm ^^^^^ 



June (driven for food), "^/^als m consideraWe num^^^^ Southwest 



froni the hauhng^^^^^^^ ^ the village 



Point. But, '^i' tlie re uiai bu ^^^ reserves of 



became exhausted, then, m ^f/' *^f,;;'!^tj/^^^^^ every kiUable seal 

 Polavina and Zapadnie became sudc^ena^^ steady eve y ^^ ^^^^ 



S r^TadS^/wTt^grtatt^^^^^^ and also through the 



^X w\STegarS^ ground to-day, after an interval of sixteen years 



^tS"^^^^^ from TS^o"? t^o lSo,000 young male seals were 

 trooiW In and out from the water, frolicking in tireless antics one with 

 arthei oi™^^^^^ profound sleep-this deserted parade found of 

 Potviia like unto all the others on both islands, speaks most eloquently 

 and IrSAmy ^^^^^ present order and condition of these mterests of 

 our GovrnmJnt. My survey as exhibited on the accompanying chart 

 gives the following figures: 



Detailed analysis of the survey of Polavina rookery, July IS, 1890. 



[Sea margin beginning at E and ending at D.] ^^^^^ ^^^^^ 



1 ^50 feet sea mar^^in, from D to D^ with 100 feet average depth, massed -, ^^' ^JJo 



900 feet sea marl d , from W to E^ with 200 feet average depth, massed 180, 000 



1^0 feet sea margin from E"- to E, with 100 feet average depth, massed . - - - 15, OUU 

 iagfl 2 3%^d fhave 400 feet of sea margin, with 100 feet of average width. 40,000 



' ' . ^ 250,000 



Total square leet 



making ground for 125,000 seals— bulls, cows, and pups— against a total 



of 240,000 in 1872. 



Detailed analysis of the survey of Little Polavina rookery, July 13, 1S90. 



[Sea margin beginning at c and ending at d.] Square feet. 



175 feet sea margin, from C to b, with 20 feet average depth, massed 3, 500 



280 feet sea margin from b to a, with 100 feet average depth, massed 28, 000 



100 feet sea margin, from a to d, with 30 feet average depth, massed ^,^Q 



_ ^ ■ . , 34,500 



Total square feet 



making ground for 17,250 seals-bulls, cows, and Pi^PS— against a total 

 of 60,000 in 1872. This survey gives a total for the Pola^anas ot 14.i, J50 

 for 1890 against the total they possessed of 300,000 in 1872-1874. 



