8 TABI.K OF CONTENTS. 



CiiAPTKR v.— The Daily Life ok the Kookeiuks— Continued. Page. 



Tlio ill-rival at the islands— Continued. 



Tbeir attitudes ^ 



The coloration 64 



The pelage 65 



The stasy season 6o 



The arrival of the younger seals 66 



The breaking up of the l)reeding season 67 



The condition of the bulls 67 



The food and feeding grounds 68 



The age of the fur seals 68 



The fur seal pup 68 



The swimming of the pups 69 



The excursions of the pups 69 



Moi-tality among the seals 70 



I )eath of pups 70 



The parasite, Uncinaria - • 70 



The count of dead pups, 1896 70 



Comparati\e counts 71 



The departure of the seals - 71 



The enemies of the seals 71 



The Great Killer 71 



The departure of the bachelors and bulls 72 



The swimming of the seals 72 



The rate of travel 72 



Habits of the simtheru fur seals 73 



Their movements 73 



They do not migrate 73 



lireeding habits 73 



Breeding grounds 7^ 



The fighting of the bulls 74 



Difference iu time of birth 74 



Chai'TEK VI.— The Condition of the Fur Seal Heiu): 



A. I'ast condi lions 75 



Acreage measurements 75 



Their diflioulty 75 



Absence of reliable surveys 76 



The irregular nature of the ground 76 



Chietly guesswork 76 



Magnitude of the problem 76 



Early estimates 77 



Captain Bryant's estimate 77 



The beginning of acreage measuren\euts 77 



F.lliott's estimate of 1872-74 77 



Important assumptions 78 



The law of distribution 78 



Assumptions incorrect 78 



The true law of distribution 78 



Ktability of rookery conditions only apparent 78 



Results of IClliott's enumeration 79 



The tigures unreasonable 79 



The methods of enumeration 79 



The surveys can not he veritied 80 



The effect of inaccurate surveys 80 



Inade(|uate unit of space .- 80 



A more rational unit 81 



