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was impossible to count with accuracy. He estimated them at 200. On account 

 of the rouj?h character of the rookery bed it is altogether likely that the count is 

 slightly below rather than above the actual figures. It is always dilljciilt to count 

 l)ups which are hidden in the crevices. Some are asleep and entirely out of sight. 



On tlie lower side of Sea Lion Xeck the count of cows was 87; there were 149 

 pups here. On the other side were two patches, in the first of which were 56 cows. 

 In this patch there were 222 pups. The next patch contained 84 cows. There were 

 38 pups on land. Off shore fi-om these two i>atches were about 40 j>ups swimming. 

 These pu]is evidently belonged to both patches, and it is probable that the pups from 

 both sides of the neck intermingle, so that some may have belonged to the other side. 

 For 227 cows on Sea Lion Neck there were counted and estimated 449 living pups. 



For a total of 1,194 cows counted, 2,173 living pups and 116 dead pups. The total 

 of pups was therefore 2,289, which must be approximately the number of breeding cows 

 freijuenting these grounds during the season. 



VOSTOCHNI. 



Mr. Clark counted the live pups in the three patches in the west side of the point 

 which had been counted. The first of these, in which 527 cows were counted, 904 pups 

 were found: in the second, containing 1,366 cows, 3,058 pups were counted; in the 

 third, containing 994 cows, 1,059 pups were counted. 



There is then a total of 5,011 live pups for a total of 2,887 cows counted. For 

 this same space and the intervening beaches 295 dead pups were counted, making a 

 total of 5,306 pups, 



A large number of the jtups were in the water. An attempt was made to count 

 these as they returned to shore, but it could not be accurately done. 



The pups of the three patches had all united and a continuous band of the 

 pups extended across the intervening sand beaches. The total of the i>ups, however, 

 belonged to the three patches, as a considerable hauling ground lay between the last 

 l)atch and the next one. 



A cow with a white ("moon") eye was seen on this rookery. A bachelor was 

 found among the stones in the runway leading to the hauling ground, down which a 

 number of seals had passed. The animal was lying helpless and dazed. The eyes 

 twitched and rolled, and the muscles could be seeu twitching under the skin. The 

 bachelor was rolled over and handled. It showed no trace of injury. It could not be 

 induced to rise. On returning in half an hour it was gone.' 



MK. LUCAS'S NOTES. 

 ARDIGIKN. 



I returned to St. Paul and visited the slide, finding very many pups in the water. 

 There are 2 freshly dead pups in the gully. Two old bulls are still on duty and a 

 5-year-old, which is very active and impressed with his own importance. 



A number of cows quarrel among themselves and prevent another from climbing 

 a rock. Pups very clearly recognize their mother's voice and distinguish it from 



' Later, in counting the starved pups, several similar instances were noted. The animals seemed 

 to fall in a helpless condition as the result of fright. They always recovered in a few minutes, and 

 went off as if nothing had happened. 



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