42 THE FUR SEALS OF THE PHIBII.OF ISLANDS. 



3. North (Russian, sever noife). — Tliis is the largest of tbe rookeries of St. George. 

 It is located about midway between Staraya Artel and tlie village of St. George. Tbe 

 roolcery is the nearest one to the village, and therefore well adapted for observation. 

 It lies throughout the greater part of its length on the narrow beach at the foot of 

 perpendicular cliti's. Through occasional slides or breaks in the clilf wall the harems 

 draw back to the hill slope behind. The bachelors have runways at l)()th ends of the 

 rookery a-nd occupy the flat ground above and behind the cliffs. 



4. Little East. — This is a rather small collection of harems located on the broken 

 slope formed by the breaking down of the cliffs, which from the village lauding 

 eastward to this point rise perpendicularly. From this point the ditt' curves inland 

 in a gradual slojie, to appear again beyond east rookery at the eastern angle of the 

 island. The small hauling ground of the rookery is located at the eastern end. Little 

 East rookery resembles Little Toloviiui rookery of St. Paul Island both in size and in 

 its relation to the larger rookery of which it is a branch. 



'). East. — From Little East rookery for a considerable distance to the eastward 

 the beach is low, and behind it lies a level plain covered with seal grass, and evidently 

 once hauled over by bachelors from both rookeries. East rookery begins in a long 

 line of scattering harems occupying the rocky beach. At the angle where the cliffs 

 resume, the harems are massed together on the slope and along the narrow bowlder 

 beach until cut off by the breaking out of the cliff. 



The liauling ground of East rookery is in the rear of the first beach portion, and 

 is I'eached by several breaks in the line of harems. Along the beach portion of East 

 rookery the sea lions also haul out and lie among the lur seals, and at the point is a 

 small rookery located among the fur-seal harems. A larger and more important sea- 

 lion rookery is located ou the southern side of St. George Island toward Garden Cove. 



