140 THE BULLS. 



Keferrmg to the question as to whether pelagic coition is possible, I 

 have to say that I have never seen it attempted, 



S. B. Neiileton, p. 75. but from my observations I have come to the 

 conclusion that pelagic coition is a physical im- 

 possibility. 



Arthur Newman, p. 210. I have seen seals sleeping on kelp and feeding 

 about it, but have never seen them copulate any- 

 where except on a rookery. 



FASTING. 



Page 111 of The Case. 

 (See also " The Cows— Food.") 



He remains there about three months, that is, during the rutting 



Chas. Bryant, P . 6. *ea son, without eating or drinking, never leaving 



his position. * * * 



I do not think the male seals of any class feed to any extent while 



located at the islands, but the females are absent more or less of the 



time in search of food. 



About the 20th of November we used to begin killing, and up to that 

 time the " wigs" had never left their positions to 



Geo. Comer, p. 598 f ee d or d r j n k, I do not know how much longer 

 they would have staid there fasting if we had not 

 molested them. 



From their arrival in May for three or four months the bulls remain 

 constantly upon the rookeries, never leaving their 

 Saml. Falconer, p. 166. positions, and never eating or drinking, and sleep- 

 ing very little. When they arrive they are enor- 

 mously fat, weighing from 500 to 700 pounds, but when they depart in 

 August or September they are very lean and lank. 



Jno. Frati8,p. 108. I know the bulls do not eat during their four 



months' stay on the islands. 



A bull never leaves the breeding rookery during the entire breed- 

 ing season, which is a period of from two to three 

 Louis Eimmel, p. 74. months. 



Anton Melovedoff, p. And they stay there till August or September 

 144. without food or water, and without much rest or 



sleep. 



I believe the bulls do not eat or drink during their three to four 

 month's sojourn on the island, and I know they 

 S. Melovidov, p. 147. take little if any rest or sleep. 



From the time of his landing until the close of the rutting season or 

 about the first of August he remains continuously 

 T. F. Morgan, p. S3. on the breeding grounds, never eating and sleep- 

 ing very little, if at all. About August 1 he 

 again takes to the water, after having fertilized all the cows in his harem, 



