30G THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIHILOF ISLANDS. 



IManj' idle bulls were seen along the water front, and the slope back of the harems 

 was full of them. A complete count of these bulls was not attempted. Fifty weie 

 noted in a single gnljy. In another gully 43 were counted. The number on the whole 

 seemed nearly equal to the number of occupied bulls. The bulls were very active 

 and savage. Some were seen fighting in the water. A bull was seen standing with 

 his weight on one rtijiper across an opening between two rocks. He must have had 

 astonishing strength in his carpal bones. 



Many straggling bulls with small harems of one and two cows lie inland at the 

 back of the rookery. These must be stolen cows. Fresh arriving cows are taken into 

 the harems near the water. One wet cow was seen in one of the waterfront harems. 

 She had probably just landed. 



A bull was seen to steal a cow and carry her back at least 15 yards, fighting off 

 the owner of the cow and another bull. Another bull was seen to seize a cow iu a 

 similar nninner and carry lier back to the harem from which she was trying to escape. 

 Still another cow was seen to be carried a distance of 20 yards. Her pup was left 

 behind. The harem from which she was taken originally contained two cows. While 

 the bull was fighting to regain possession of the stolen cow, another bull attempted to 

 steal the remaining one. The second attempt was unsuccessful, and the bull would 

 ])robably have regained the first cow if he could have carried on the two battles at 

 once. 



The cows and bulls seem to be very active to day. 



Numerous pieces of excrement were seen at the back of the rookery on ground 

 occupied by idle and half bulls. 



The i)ups were numerous. Five dead ones were counted — probably tramjiled to 

 death. I'ups are less liable to be trampled upon on the rocks than on the sand. Tlie 

 seals seem to get around more surely on the rocks than on fiat areas, or rather they 

 probably go more slowly and exercise greater care. 



The bachelors haul out in a runway near the middle of the rookery, and small 

 bands were seen in the rear of the rookery. The great hauling ground for this rookery 

 is, however, at the angle of Southwest J>ay sand beach. Here there was a large pod 

 of bachelors. 



LITTLE ZArADNI ROOKERY. 



A sand beach of about 300 yards in length separates Zapadni projier from the 

 next section of breeding ground known as Ijittle Zapadni. It resembles, in form and 

 character of surface, Zajiadni itself, but the slope is a little more steci), and there aie 

 no gullies or sand Hats. The whole slope is thickly set with angular bowlders. 



This rookery could only be counted from the boat, but the opportunities for seeing 

 the whole ground were good. The total number of harems counted was 210, containing 

 2,400 cows. The seals are not so thick here as on Zapadni, and the haiems are smaller. 

 The conditions more nearly correspond to those on the Lagoon. 



The hauling ground of Little Zapadni is at the angle where the blulf sloj)e ol 

 tliis rookery joins the reef or rocky si>it on which the final section of rookery ground 

 on the north shore of Knglish Bay is located. 



ZAPA»NI,REEF ROOKERY. 



This section, called Zapadni Reef, is just like the Lagoon in its formation. A 

 rocky si)it cuts oil' what was once a lagoon, now diied up. The harems are strung 



