LIST OF PLATES. 



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Plate 1. Group of breeding fur senls 3 



2. St. Paul Island, from the sea 5 



3. St. George Island, fi'om the sea 6 



4. English I3ay hauling grounds, 1872 8 



5. English Bay hauling grounds, 1890 10 



6. Reef and Garbotch Kookery grounds 31 



7. Lagoon and village, from Telegrajjh Hill 33 



8. Lukannon Rookeiy 35 



9. Ketavie Kookery and East Landing 36 



10. Tolstoi Rookery, from English Bay 38 



11. Zapodine Kookery, St. Paul 40 



12. Polavina Rookery 42 



13. Old bulls onPidavina 44 



14. Pups podding on Zoltoi Sands 46 



15. Zapadine, St. George Island 49 



16. Starry Arteel bluHs and north shore 51 



17. Starry Arteel Rookery 52 



18. East Rookery 55 



19. Holluschickie hauling in 1872 73 



20. Otter Islaud 77 



21. Novastoshuah, or Northeast Point 84 



22. A "drive" of holluschickie 87 



23. A "drive" on the killing grounds 89 



24. Killing gang at work . .". 91 



25. M(;thod of skinning the seal 92 



26. Village and killing grounds of St. Paul 94 



27. Village and killing grounds of St. George 96 



28. Village and north shore of St. George 109 



29. Village Hill and Bidarrah, St. Paul 110 



30. Old village of St. Paul, 1872 112 



31. Village of St. Paul, from East Land i ng 113 



32. Pencil sketches of the natives, 1872 115 



33. Group of sea lions 117 



34. Walrus Islet 118 



35. Sea birds on Walrus Islet, 1872 120 



36. Natives loading seal skins 127 



37. Old fur-seal bulls fighting, 1872 147 



38. Old fur-seal bull crippled, 1872 148 



39. Ketavie Kookery, from Black Bin Us 150 



40. Desolate seal grounds of English 1 lay 155 



41. Killing grounds at Northeast Point 158 



42. Gray pups on the reef parade, 1872 169 



43. Desolate sands of Lukannon, 1890... 172 



44. Life on Lukannon Sands, 1872 183 



45. The north shore of St. Paul Island 187 



46. Seals hauling on Lukannon, 1872 190 



47. Sea Lion Neck, Northeast Point 196 



48. South shore of St. George Islaud 202 



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