54 FUR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 



NORTH ROOKERY (1890). 

 {Ill condition and aj/jjearanre July, 1800.'] 



I cairni up(jn tliis breediiij^' ground to-diiy, July 10, 1800, after an 

 absftiHMi of J list sixteen years. 1 find t]i(; t<>j)Ogia])liy nncliunj^ed ; the 

 iiaulinjj j^romids all }^ra.ss g:rown, and tite usual llowerinjjf jtlaiits wlii(;li 

 seem to follow (on all of these deeliiiin;^ rookeri(!Sj the abandoiinjent of 

 hitherto i)olish<'d rr>(;k and hard s\v(q)t soil traveled ovcp and laid uj)on 

 by the seals. The breedinj^ animals on the s(;veral areas of thisi'ookery 

 are in the usual fbrjii, and eharaeteristie of those which I lia\'e described 

 on »St. I'aid — the same S(;anty supply of old liulls; no youn^ bulls on 

 the j-ookery or outside at tin; wat(;r's edj;e; larj^e scatteied harems and 

 every evidence of imperfec^t service. Jn all these forjus, precisely as 

 they are o^'eI• on St. Paul. 



Yet this, tlie chief rof>kery of St. Oeorj^c;, which held 70,250 breedinfij 

 animals and th<Mr younj^ in 1871, has suffered a loss of only one-half of 

 its cows an<l ]hij)S — but, the bulls, fiill^\' five sev^enths of them are miss- 

 ing. This rookfry was the ]ar;4est on St. Oeorge in 1874. It has been 

 so ever since, and is to day ; but, large as it was, there was only one on 

 St. J'aul smaller in 1874, the Lagoon rookery: (Nah Speel we can not 

 count). However, to-day tlieie is still another one on St. Paul smaller, 

 and that is Ketavie, though it was twice as large as this North jookery 

 in 1874. 



It is an admirable point of seal ground, well drained and free from 

 muddy pools duiing rain storms. It is in full sight of the village, and 

 only a short half mile walk away. 



JJclailed miahjHiH of the Huricy of North rookery, July Jfi, 1800. 



(Sea iiiar};iii Ix-giiiH at a and cmls at 1, :j,3C6 fe<;t.] 



Sfjtiaro feet. 



1.50 ffi<it Hca margin, from u to b, with 15 foet average deptli, maHsed 2,2.50 



300 feet H<iii margin, ii(jm )> to c, witli 00 feet aA'erage deptli, maMsed 18,000 



9.5 feet Ke,a iiiaigiii, from e lo d, witii no dejuli {;\ lew K<:att<;ied seafH.) 



215 feet Kea margin, from d to e, with (iO feet average <le)ilii, massed 20, 700 



2.50 feet sea margin, from e ( o f, with 10 feet av<;rage deptli, massed 2, .500 



18(5 feet sea maigin, irom f to g, with 12 feet average deptli, massed 2, 232 



220 feet sea margin, from g to li, with 00 feet average de|)tli, iinissed 13, 2fKJ 



210 feet sea margin, irom Ji t<t i, witli 12 feet average de])tli, massed 2, S80 



280 feet «<!a margin, from i toj, witli 12 feet average de[)th, massed 3, 3G0 



1,300 feet s<;a margin, from J to 1, with 10 feet average depth, massed 13, 000 



Total s<|iiar<- feet 77,122 



making giound for .'»8,501 seals — bulls, <;ows, and ]>ni)S — against a total 

 of 7G,L'r>0 in l87;{-74. 



LITTLE EASTERN ROOKERY' (1873-74). 

 [//« rotidilion (Did o]/j)i'araiu(; July, 1874.] 



I'rorn the A'illage to tin; <'astwar<l about half a mile again, is a little 

 east«;in lookery, which lies on a low, bluffy slop(; and is not a piec<^ of 

 ground admirting of nnuh nioic expansion. It has sup(u(icial an^a for 

 the recepti<ni of nearly l.'i.OOO biee(ling s<*;ils and their young. 



'The site of tliis lireeiling gronnd, and tliat of tlie marine slope of the killing 

 grounds to Hie east ol' tlie vilhige on this island, is wlii-ie sea lions hehl exclnsive 

 ])OBsession prior to their driving off liy the Russians, so the natives aftiiin. Tlie only 

 jdaee on St. Oeorge now, where the KumelopiitH )(i'<MMis, is that one indicated on the 

 general chart between (harden Cove ami Toist<ji Mees. 



