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THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



Pup statistics, 1890 Summary Continued. 



1 The figures herein given for starved pnps on the rookeries of St. George are estimates bflsed upon the conditions 

 of St. Paul. The foxes had eaten not only the carcasses of the earlier deau pups on St. George, but also those of the 

 starved pups. 



Dead pups before August 10, 1896-1897. 



'Only the sand flat was counted, on which were 1,495 pups in 1896. 

 2 Only the gully known as the "death trap" was counted. 

 8 Not counted iu 1897. 



