262 THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIRILOF ISLANDS. 



Septeinber 27. — Lukaniu rookery is full of fetuales and pups; hut there are only 

 about 'J(K) bacbelors, a great (lecrea.se over former years. 



October 18. — Females and youug' seals are to be found in nuud)ers on tlie ui)laiids 

 of Iteef rookery. 



October 1!». — The seals has'ing left Zoltoi, it was necessary to go to tlie Reef lor 

 a drive for food; 176 seals were killed, of which 57 were stagy. 



November 13. — A drive of 87 more i>ui)s was made from Gorbatcli. making a total 

 of 4,8',)7 i)ups for the winter Ibod supply. 



December 11. — A large iiund)er of seals suitable for killing rc])ortc(l on the point 

 of the Reef Many sea lions on Sea Lion (Sivutrh) Itock. 



1875. 



January 10. — A few seals are on the rocks, and several groups in the water, about 

 a thousand in all, between Tolstoi and Engliish Bay. 



January 20. — The I'ookeries of Northeast Point show small groups of seals on the 

 rocks and in the water, about fiOO or 700 in all. 



February 10. — Several small groups of seals are reported on the shore and in the 

 water at Northeast Point. JMany sea lions also; the stomachs of two killed (contained 

 recently taken eodUsh. ' 



February 15. — Men were sent to Northeast Point to kill some of the seals to 

 determine whether and on what they had been feeding. The contents of the stomachs 

 of six was too far decomposed to permit of identitication, beyond the fact that kelp or 

 sea cabbage was i)resent.-' 



Februarj- 18. — An insi)ection of the Iteef showed but one seal; several heads 

 were found showing where someone had recently killed seals and carried their bodies 

 away. 



February 20. — There aie no seals on Lukanin. The carcasses of about 70 pups 

 were found, that had evidently been killed in November by stealth with a view of 

 secreting their meat.' 



March 17. — Fifty or CO seals are rei)orted at Northeast Point: 10 were killed for 

 fresh meat, the winter supply of seal meat having spoiled on account of warm weather. 



March 31. — Two fur seals are reported oft' the Keef. 



April 5. — No seals are in sight on the lleef, though it is time for them to arrive. 



A|)ril 11. — Two seals are reported in the water at Zai)adni. 



Ai)ril 1."). — Fifty seals were seen in the water oft' the lleef, showing no disposition 

 to land. One old bull reconnoitered the shore from the point to (iorbatch and back 

 deliberately and then returned to the group playing in the water oft' the Point. 



April 20. — Two polosikatchi, or half bull seals, are reported on the rocks at Tolstoi 

 Point. 



April 22. — Quite a number of seals are in the water about the liee\', but none 

 attempting to land. 



May 2. — Three bulls and 200 bachelors hauled out at Southwest Bay; 2 bulls at 

 Tolstoi, 1 at Lukanin. 



' Probably pollack. 



-This is proltablv a raistako, or if the kelp were present, that it was swallowed by accident. 

 ^ Probably th<' bodies of pups, killed in the drives for food in the fall, wliich bad not been removed. 

 See record iiiidrr date of November 1. 3. and 0, 187il. 



