THE BULLS. 109 



do not haul up until tlie latter part of June-/ and Anivai of the 



C0W8. 



the arrivals continue until the middle of July.^ 



Each bull, beino- polyo:amous, o-atliers about , Organization of 



' to 1 J & 'to the liarems. 



him as many cows as he can.^ The number of 

 cows to a "harem" (as tlie bull and his cows are 

 called) varies according to the strength and 

 position of the bull and the respective number 

 of the sexes in the herd. The average is fixed 

 at from fifteen to twenty-five.^ Assistant Treasury 

 Agent W. B. Taylor, who was on St. George 

 Island in the year 1881, reports that he has 

 seen forty cows in one harem and that the bull 

 was constantly trying to obtain more.^ 



m^ ' ' ^ J. • x r xi x Towers of fertil- 



This IS but one nistance oi the great powers izatiou. 

 of fertilization possessed by the male seal. Mr. 

 Taylor further states that he believes a bull can 

 serve over a hundred cows during a season;^ 

 Capt. Bryant says from seventy-five to one hun- 

 dred ;*' and Gen. Scribner affirms it as his opinion 

 that a bull could fertilize a hundred or more 

 cows ;'' and he is supported in this by Capt. 

 Daniel Webster, who, as agent of the lessees, has 



1 J. Stanley Brown, VoL II, p. 13. 



2 Anton Melovedoff, Vol. II, p. M4. 



3 J. Stanley Brown, Vol. II, p. 14; T, F, Morgan, Vol. II, p. 63. 

 •« J. Stanley Brown, Vol. II, p. 14; Charles Bryant, Vol. II, p. 6. 



6 Vol. II, p. 177. 

 6Vol.II,p.6. 

 T Vol. II, p. 89. 



