586 



THE FUK SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



have occuiTed, and of necessity the present count, in wliicli every i-arcass was fished 

 out and piled up, must be more accurate. One case of copulation was seen. 



AUGUST 13. 



MK. LUCAS .S NOTES. 



I counted live pups on Kitovi with Professor Thompson and Messrs. Farmer and 

 Warren. My figures were .5,577, those of Profes.sor Thompson 5,534.' My count of 

 the Amphitheater was 1,318; Professor Thompson's 1,247. Seven pups freshly dead 

 were seen which must have died last night or since the count of dead pups yesterday. 

 The pups are going freely into the water and swim well. They were very active, and 

 difficulty was experienced in counting them because of their hiding under the rocks. 

 Those among the rocks were counted by Messrs. Warren and Farmer. 



MR. (JREELEY'S notes. 



A pup dying of starvation was seen in paroxysms, making irregular, long 

 nervous gasps accompanied by a violent twitching of the body. Its pulse was about 

 30, but rose to 100 in the spasms. The pup was apparently unconscious. 



AUGUST 14. 

 MR. LUCAS'S NOTES. 



Mr. Farmer counted dead pups on Zai)adni (iully and finds 298. Dr. Jordan's 

 count of August 7 was 301. Last year at this date there were found 663 dead pups 

 on this area. 



MR. SNODGRASS'S NOTES FROM ST. GEORGE. 



Mr. Judge and myself made a count of the dead pups on the rookeries of St. 

 George. The dead bodies had been but little molested by the foxes and the count 

 was thoroughly made. The following is the result : 



liead pups, St. (Icorric, 1S97. 



Rookery. 



Aug. 12 North 



Star.iva Artel 

 Great East ... 

 Little Eaiit .. 

 Zapadui 



Total . . . . 



Number 

 of dead. 



244 

 75 

 93 

 34 



112 



558 



I This recount was niade on demand of Professor Thompson after Dr. .Jordan had left the island, 

 and notwithstanding tlie fact that he had declined to have a recount made in his presence. Neither 

 Professor Thonipsou nor Mr. Lucas had had tlie same amount of experience in counting pups whi-;h 

 Clark and Macoun had. This must detract from the probable accuracy of their work. The recount, 

 therefore, can not be held as in any sense binding upon the American commission. 



