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" For the 73 cows now in the harems there are 192 pups visible. Of course, they 

 may come up from the harems farther below,* and yet these, too, show a fair 

 sprinkliug of pups. 



"Jiih/ ;J1. — In the forenoon. Harem A has moved well up under the lee of the 

 cliff with but I cow. Y remains in the old position of A, but with no cow. 



"B lias 5 cows; C, 30. X has 6 cows, growing right along. D has 14 cows; 2 of 

 them show by their wet coats that they have just come from the water. The bull 

 belonging to E is gone ; 7 cows lie about tlie qld position ; F has 5 cows; G, 15, lying 

 about asleep. The bull of E is seen lying down below G fast asleep; seems consid- 

 erably cut. There is a Avet cow climbing uj) to C. A pup ejects a quantity of 

 ci'eam-colored excrement. 



"At 11 o'clock 2 cow^ come out of the water and move directly up the gnlly to the 

 harems, where they arrive in live minutes. One cow ascends the rock, and seems in 

 no hurry to find her pup. The other looks about and calls loudly, wallis over one 

 end of a solid mass of 30 pups, turns about so as to face them, lingers, then goes 

 over to the outlying pups and noses some of tliem ; snaps at them ; comes bai'lv to the 

 bunch of 30, noses over them, and snaps them as they wake up. At 11.17 finds a pup 

 which she recognizes and allows to nnrse. She then clears away enongh pu]ts from 

 the rocks to make room, and sits up and dozes; appears tired and sleepy. The pup 

 nurses, although the cow is wet. It shifts from nipple to uiiiple on left side. 



"July i'4. — A has still his 4 cows under the bank. X has none and maintains A's old 

 positiim. Y, who had 6 cows at the last enumeration, has none to-d;iy, but lies 

 beside his rock with 2 pups. B has only 4 cows; C, 19. D has ai^pareutly 32, but 

 part of them may belong to E, who seems to have been thrown out of his position 

 and lies behind D. F has 15 cows. The number of pups still remains undimin- 

 ished, but they are lower down the slide. A pod of 25 are down on the rocks so 

 close to the water that the spray was breaking over them this afternoon. They were 

 evidently there to meet the cows returning from the water. 



"The pups on the 'slide' have all moved down somewhat. The pod of 38 pups 

 originally which was on the level is now down in the gullj'. 



"It is siguiticant that the cow first noted with the greenish tinge on the neck is 

 present again to day, having been present on .Inly 19, but absent on July 20. She 

 has been absent four or five days, doubtless, at sea. 



"Juhj ..'7. — B has 5 cows and many pups. C has hauled back on the grass out of the 

 muddy place where he belongs. There are 53 cows with him, evidently part of them 

 A's. D lies alone below his ])lace with 1 cow. Other cows are scattered along the 

 muddy slide. A is a.sleep in his later place with 3 cows. E is gone altogether.! F 

 is in his place with 8 cows. G is asleep away below; 9 cows are scattered about 

 "where he belongs. X has no cows and is above A's old place. Y is gone alto- 

 gether, unless a lone bull on the edge of the cliff is he. The green-necked cow with 

 her pup is with A. Two wet cows come in slowly and creep up the slide bleating 

 very loudly, shaking their heads. There is nothing going on at the water front. 

 The few we*; bulls are inactive. 



"A cow selects a pup from D and repels 2 others. A large pup comes from above 

 down the Avet slide to meet the mother and they crawl slowly up to 1). Other pups 

 look anxiously at each wet cow. 



"./((/.I/ ;A'>.— A is asleep with 2 cows on the flat rock, with a large pod of pups rolling 

 and biting one another in the neck and flippers. 



"B has 13 scattered cows, but spends most of his time in D, where a 'water bull' 

 (Z; has come up and tried to establish himself, having apparently observed the dis- 

 appearance of E. D is indifferent and half aslee]) down toward F, with whom he 

 has a wordy discussion. 1) has 8 cows, and they squabble a good deal. A's green- 

 necked cow is down in 1). The water bull remains in E, where there ae 3 cows. D 

 is near him and orders him out, but both seem very sleepy. Twenty-eight cows are 

 with V, who is pretty active. X is behind him with noiie. Y is well back, with 1 

 cow. Another bull well behind Y has 1 cow. Y is very tierce. Z, the water bull, 

 lies back of C and D; he climbs up toward C, but the bull above growls and he 

 comes down. F is active and has 9 cows. E is gone. Two weeks ago Z would have 

 been skinned alive if he dared enter the harems as he does. He tries again to go up 

 to C, \\ ho uses strong language. 



"A is pretty lean. C nuikes a heavy lunge info a pod of pups and stands on the 

 flipper of one, who pulls and pulls and can not get away until the bull moves. 



"Ji(li/.!0. — The slide shows continual change. There are 58 cows upon the flat 

 where the harems of B and C were located. Probably 35 of this number were in 

 B's harem, but they stampede by way of Cs harem, many of them going down over 

 the cliff, but some of them almost immediately returning. On account of the stam- 



* See note to page 55. 



t E was the flrst adult bull whose departure from his stand was noticed — July 27. 



