494 THE FL'K SEALS OF THE PKIBILOF ISLAMjS. 



beliiiul the boat almost iiiiniediately. They followed the boat, coming- np close to it, 

 sometimes stiiking tlie oars. Their every action shows that they feel entirely at 

 home iu the water. 



The sands of English Bay, where 231! pups were connted as washed up by the 

 surf, gives today only 172. 



'J'OLSTOI. 



The sandy tract of Tolstoi was first counted, the lines being used as on Outer 

 Zapadui, dividing the rookery into two sections. The sandy tract and the beach 

 above gave 1,717 imps. About 1,400 were counted here originally. The bowlder 

 bluffs above, where the seals are at present located, gave 463 pups. There were 209 

 on the beach under the cliffs. This part yielded IK! on the former count. The 

 percentage of dead pups on narrow beach lines like this exjjosed to the action of the 

 surf is smaller. Doubtless they are washed away from such jdaces in greater 

 nundiers. One hundred aiul ninety one starving pups were connted for Zapadni. 



Though every cow, Inill, and pup on tlie rocky slojie of Tolstoi had been driven 

 into the water when making the count of dead pups, before we had reached the green 

 cliffs the sands were covered, the wet animals distributing themselves over their 

 grounds again. It is nonsense to suppose that if the seal is driven off the rookery 

 he will not come back. 



ACCIDENTS TO PUPS. 



While the seals were being driv-eu from the rocks above the sand flat a large 

 stone was rolled down upon 2 large, fine looking pups, killing them. These pups, of 

 course, were not counted as starved. The stomachs of both were full of milk. 



Just at the upper edge of the sand tract, where the rocks begin, a gray ])up was 

 found imi)ris()ned iu a crevice under two overarching rocks. Theie was a small hole, 

 through which his nose i)rotrnded. but it was entirely too small lor his body. He 

 ras dug out and released. It was found that he had (nawled in at the bottom, and 

 the hard wind of the i)ast few days had drifted and packed in the sand in such a 

 Vay that he could not get out. It took the men live minutes to ilig the way, as that 

 was the only way of getting him out. lie fought, bit, and chased his benefactors in 

 true seal fashion when he got out and scolded constantly during the process of 

 digging. 



Under the cliffs a little pup was found wedged in between two rocks. The surf 

 had evidently moved a heavy stone up ou him while asleep. The stone jammed out 

 one of his eyes and held him a iirisouer. The eye and socket was rotting, as was also 

 his side, which was pinched. Life still lingered iu the animal. It was killed. It is 

 evident that being crushed between the rocks is the cause of a certain percentage of 

 the deaths of jiups. 



Had an opportunity today to observe the testes in a number of bulls, amoug 

 others those which showed strong inclination to fight. In some they were visible; 

 in others they were not. This has been the result of all observations so far. As a 

 rule, wiien lying down the i-year-olds and half bulls show the testes more uniformly 

 tlian the other bulls. 



