67"_' THE FUR SEALS OF THE PKIlilLOF ISLANDS. 



JULY 28. 



1 iiccoiupauied JMr. Lucas to Tolstoi rookery to got dead pups. Two were secured. 

 One had Viicinurid, which was evidently the cause of death. The second had a few 

 worms, but evidently died of starvation. The pup which had died fioiu the Uncinaria 

 had practically no blood and the tiesli had a i)cctiliar whitish color. 



A sickly ])iii) was taken and killed. It looked sleepy. The eyes were dull. It 

 had no fight in it and allowed itself to be handled without protest, something very 

 unusual even with a pup dying of starvation. Scarcely a spoonful of blood flowed 

 from the heart when it was stuck. The tlesh was of the same color as tlie other pup. 

 It was found to iiave rncinariu in the median portion of the small intestine. The pup 

 was fat, but was evidently dying from the attacks of the parasite. 



Looking about over the point of Tolstoi sand Hat a large number of similar pups 

 were to be seen. Yesterday on Reef rookery a pup which looked thin and had no 

 ambition, allowing itself to be petted, belonged to this same category. 



During the afternoon Dr. Jordan, Dr. Wood, and Messrs. Suodgrass, Greeley, 

 Kiucaid, and Edwards arrived on the Eutih. 



DR. .TOEDAN'S! NOTES ON ST. GEORGE. 



The day is a most beautiful one, almost clear and perfectly dry. I walked to 

 Zapadui. On this rookery not one of Townsend's crosses have been approached 

 within two rods. The small plateau above the beach is now wholly abandoned. 



Orcas were again seen about the island. 



A 3-year-old seal was found with a broken fore flipper, another was partly 

 paralyzed in the back. Two other bachelors were found that seemed to have been 

 injured in the lumbar region. They walk in a one-sided fashion, but swim all right in 

 the water. 



The paralyzed .'5 year-old was killed. It was found to have received a severe blow 

 on the shoulders. The whole region was congested. The aninml was very lean and 

 would have died. 



Peter Ke/.anzof, a native of St. George, thinks that the rookeries are all right, 

 since the old bulls come back. This serves as a gauge to the value of the judgment 

 of natives in these matters. 



«T. PAUL. 



I visited Ardiguen this afternoon immediately on my arrival at St. Paul. Harem 

 A is w^antiug, bull as well as ct)ws. A half bull alone lies in B's place and a young 

 grown bull is in G"s place without cows. There are no cows whatever above the 

 mouth of the slide. 



A bull is in D's position without cows. E has two or three cows. There is a 

 marked contrast here over last year. Then harems A, B, and 0, with an aggregate of 

 78 cows and 135 pups, were on the flat or in the edge of the slide. It is reported by 

 Mr. Clark that this rookery has at no time extended above the ravine except for 4 

 cows which apiiarcutly hauled out only temporarily, and it is only of late that the 

 upper part of the ravine has had any cows. 



