32 FUR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 



Many of these bulls exhibit wonderful strength and desperate courage. I marked 

 one veteran at Garbotch who was the first to take up his position early in May, and 

 that position, as usual, directly at the water hue. This male seal had fouj-ht at 

 least forty or fifty desperate battles, and fought off his assailants every time— per- 

 haps nearly as many diflerent seals wliich coveted his position— and when the fight- 

 ing season was over (after the cows are nuistly all hauled up), I saw him still there, 

 covered with scars and frightfully gashed— raw, festering, and bloody, one eye 

 gouged out— but lording it bravely over his harem of fifteen or twenty females, who 

 were all huddled together on the same spot of his first location and around him. 



In order that every step which I have taken in making these surveys 

 as presented sliall be undei^stood, 1 submit the following detailed 

 figures which, taken in conjunction Avitli the map, explain themselves 

 and declare the method and manner of my work: 



Detailed analysis of the surveij of Beef rookei-y July 10, 1890. 



[Sea margin of Keef rookery, beginning at foot of Fox Hill.] 



Square feet. 

 300 feet sea margin, beginning at foot of Fox Hill, with 75 feet average 



depth, massed 22, 500 



300 feet from thence to first point, with 30 feet average depth, massed 9, 000 



200 feet from thence, with 70 feet average depth, massed 14, 000 



100 feet from thence, with 80 feet average de])f h, massed 8, 000 



100 feet from theuce, with 20 feet average depth, massed 2, 000 



900 feet from theuce, Avith 75 feet average depth, massed fi7, 500 



1,400 feet from theuce, with 20 feet average depth, massed 28, 000 



500 feet from thence (E and F jags included), with 30 feet average depth, 



massed 15, 000 



200 feet from theuce (G jag iucluded ), with 100 feet average depth, massed. 20, 000 

 300 feet from thence to end of Keef rookery, with 10 feet average depth, 



massed 3, 000 



Jag A IS 250 feet deep above sea margin, Avith 60 feet average width, massed. 15, 000 



Jag B is 400 feet deep above sea margin, with 60 feet average width, massed . 24, 000 



Jag C is 400 feet deep above sea margin, with 100 feet average width, massed. 40, 000 



Jag D is 130 feet deep above sea margin, with 100 feet average width, massed. 13, 000 



Total square feet 281, 000 



This makes ground for and declares the presence of 140,500 seals — 

 bulls, cows, and pups. 



Detailed analysis of the surcey of Garbotch rookery July 10, 1890. 



[Sea margin of Garbotch rookery, beginning under Cap.| 



Square feet. 

 800 feet sea margin, beginning under Cap to Black Bend, with 15 feet average 



depth, massed 12,000 



300 feet sea margin from Black Bend to Jag O, with 60 feet average depth, 



massed 18, 000 



1,100 feet sea margin from Jag O to Jag L, with 40 feet average depth, 



massed 44, 000 



500 feet sea inargiu from .lag L to Jag J, with 30 feet average depth, massed. 15,000 

 700 feet sea margin from Jag J to end of Garbotch rookery, with 15 feet aver- 

 age depth, massed 10, 500 



Jag R is 75 feet deep above sea margin, with 75 feet average width, massed. 5, 625 



Jag Q is 60 feet deep above sea margin, with 200 feet average width massed. 12, 000 



Jag O is 70 feet deep above sea margin, with 70 feet average width, massed. 4, 900 



Jag N is 60 feet deep above sea margin, with 150 feet average width, massed. 9, 000 



Jag M is 150 feet deep above sea margin, with 40 feet average width, massed. 6, 000 



Jag L is 70 feet deep above sea margin, with 30 feet average width, massed. 2, 100 



Jag K is 250 feet deep above sea margin, with 40 feet average width, massed. 10, 000 



Jag .1 is 185 feet deep above sea margin, with 80 feet avernge width, massed . 14, 800 



Jag I is 185 feet deep above sea margin, with 20 feet average width, massed . 3, 700 



Jag H is 100 feet deep above sea margin, with 20 feet average width, massed . 2, 000 



Total square feet 169, 625 



Or ground for 84,802 seals — bulls, cows, and pups. BrieHy summed 

 up, the Keef rookery has (July 10, 1890) 4,300 feet sea margin with 05^ 



