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ing grounds.^ Mr. Falconer says that they always t ii e k « 1 1 a b i c 



pursue a female when she is allowed to leave tlie 



harem and go into the water, but she always 



refuses them.^ This is natural considering the 



fact that the cow is fertilized before being 



allowed to enter the water.^ 



Both Capt. Bryant and Mr. Morgan say that Feeding. 

 in their opinion the bachelor seals feed very 

 little while located on the islands,^ and Mr. 

 Glidden states that 'Hlie bachelors once in a 

 while go into the water, but remain in the 

 vicinity of the islands.^ Anton Melovedoff, the 

 native chief on St. Paul Island for seven years 

 (1884-1891) states that he has "found that the 

 seals killed in May and early June were fat and 

 that their stomachs were full of food, principally 

 codfish, and that later in the season they were 

 poor and had nothing in their stomachs," and 

 that, in his opinion, "none but the mother seals 

 go out in the sea to eat during the time the herds 

 are on the islands."*^ And his opinion in this 

 matter corresponds with the views of natives 



1 H. H. Mclntyic, Vol. II, p. 43. 



2 Vol. II, p. 165. 

 ^Ante, p. 115. 



< Vol. II, p. 6; Vol. II, p. 63. 

 6 Vol. II, p. 100. 

 6 Vol. II, p. 144. 



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