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 XI. Location feeding grountls — Cont'd. 



Noseal.s iunuitlieastriuadrant. 30 



Migrations 30 



XII. Food of the fur seal 31 



Surface fishes and squid 31 



The Alaskan i>ollack {I'ollach- 



iun chalcograiiimiis) 31 



The si[nU\ {Ocncitiis amtenus) . 31 



Ko codtish, halihut, nor shark. 31 



Spewings on the rookeries 31 



Feeding of bachelors 31 



Sealsremain in water while food 



digests 31 



Mr. Alexander's observations- 33 



Amount of food consumed 32 



XIII. Food of the pups 32 



Seals nurse their own pups only 32 

 AVeaning of pups not before No- 

 vember 33 



XIV. Laud killing of bachelor fur seals. 33 



Land killiug useful to herd 33 



Overkilling as aU'ecting the 



herd 33 



Little danger of overkilling ... 34 

 Overkilling as affecting the fu- 

 ture quota 34 



Occurred in 1887 to 1889 34 



No harm to the herd in this 34 



Overkilling of males not a 



cau.se of decline of herd 34 



Conditions on ISering Island.. 35 



I'oludennoye Itookery 35 



Severnoye Kookery 35 



Conditions on ^ledni Island. . . 35 



■Wrangling of l)ulls 35 



Waitiiig bulls 35 



Institution of luiuling grounds. 36 

 XV. Need of scientitic supervision of the 



breeding herds 36 



Improvement and extension of 



the rookeries 36 



XVI. Methodsof killing of bachelor seals 36 

 Methods can not be much 



changed 37 



Care to avoid needless pain the 



only essential 37 



Moon-eyed bachelors 37 



Shortening of the drives 37 



Changes in interestof humanity 38 



Severity of dri\ es 38 



A drive fi'oni the Reef 38 



A drive on Medni Island 40 



Driveways on Medni 41 



Palata driveway 41 



Effect of killiug seals on their 



fellows 42 



Stolidity of the fur seal 42 



Smell of blood not his own 42 



Chilling of seals 42 



After effects of the drive 42 



Alleged impairment of virility 42 

 Not wise to prohibit culling of 



drives 43 



Herding of culled bachelors. . . 43 



Injured bulls 43 



Castration 43 



XVII. Mortality of adult fur seals on the 



islands 44 



No specific diseases 45 



XVni. Mortality of pups 45 



A. The tranqded pups 45 



l],045inall 45 



Unequal distribution of tram- 

 pled pups 46 



rage. 

 XVIII. Mortality of pups — Continued. 



Death traps 46 



Polovina 46 



Tolstoi sands 46 



Zajiadni 46 



Early death 46 



Lost puijs 47 



Drowned pups 47 



Other causes of death 47 



Observations of .Mr. Lucas.... 47 



The starved pup from Zapadni. 48 



The crushed pui> 48 



Autopsies ol trampled pui)8 .. 48 



Polovina 48 



Tolstoi 48 



Kitovi 48 



Keef 49 



Lulianin 49 



Generalization 49 



Summary of autopsies August 



5 to 14'; .--- 49 



Autopsies August 15 to Hep- 



tember 8 49 



Localities of pups examined . . 49 



B. Starved pups 50 



Period of starvation 50 



Habits of ])ups 50 



Contents of pups' stomachs... 50 



Excrement of pups 50 



Pups not weaned until depar- 

 ture from island 50 



Every orphan i)up starves 50 



Count of starved pups 51 



Foxes eat starved pups on St. 



George 52 



Estimates for St. George 52 



Statistics of pups 53 



Starved pups on Medni 53 



Autopsies on Medni Island 54 



XIX. Daily record of rookery life 54 



Ardiguen 54 



XX. The three fur seal herdsdouotinter- 



mingle; herds entirely separate. 61 



Differences between herds 62 



XXI. Branding 62 



Branded pups 62 



XXII. Pelagic catch, 1896: 



American vessels 63 



Canadian vessels 63 



Proportion of sexes 65 



Japanese catch 65 



Aleutian Islands catch 65 



XXIII. Kesults arising from the acts based 



upon the Paris tribiinal 65 



Conditions of pelagic sealing. . 65 



Sixty-mile zone 66 



Open season 66 



Steam vessels not permitted.. 66 



Special license and flag 66 



Statistical records 06 



Prohibition of firearms 67 



Skill in use of spear 67 



Use of open canoes 67 



Revision of regulations 67 



Patrol of Bering Sea 68 



Closing of Bering Sea 68 



Hope of permanent adjustment 68 

 No settlement final if permit- 

 ting pelagic sealing 68 



Ultimate end in view 69 



Need of clean hands on our part . 69 



The sea otter , 09 



J'roposed slaughter of the seal 



herds 69 



