CONTENTS 



Page. 



Brief sketch of natural history of the seal 3 



The rookeries 4 



Rookery development 4 



Harem counts 5 



Active bulls 6 



Idle bulls 7 



Young bulls 7 



Counts of idle and young bulls 8 



Breeding cows 8 



Counts of pups 9 



Estimates of cows and pups 10 



Yearlings and 2-year-olds 11 



The reserve 11 



Estimate of all classes 12 



The quota 13 



Conservation and some involved problems 13 



The question of an equilibrium of the herd 15 



The patrol and pelagic sealing 16 



The pelagic catch 18 



Cows in drives 19 



Causes of death 19 



Ages of seals 20 



Appendix — Extract from field notes 21 



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