Continu- 

 ous obser- 

 vation 



The Days of a Man 



1898 



Pribilofs for purposes of investigation, have been in 

 full agreement on every matter of importance. 



For the last eight or ten years the present Com- 

 missioner of Fisheries, Dr. Hugh M. Smith, has 

 found it possible to place the herd for scientific 

 observation under the successive control of Clark, 

 Harold Heath (a Stanford professor of Zoology), and 

 Hanna. 1 



1 As these pages are sent to the press, I have received from Mr. Hanna the 

 following: 



RECAPITULATION OF ALASKA FUR-SEAL CENSUS IN 1920 



Pups 167,527 



Cows 167,527 



Harem Bulls 4,066 



Idle Bulls 1,161 



Yearling Females 51,081 



Yearling Males 5 1,074 



2-year-old Females 39>48o 



2-year-old Males 38,1 12 



3-year-old Males 12,622 



4-year-old Males 5*850 



5-year-old Males 4>SS4 



6-year-old Males 2,5 10 



7-year-old Males and over (surplus bulls) 3*33O 



Total 548,894 



Killables, taken for skins 28,418 



577.312 



c 612 3 



