SEAL LIFE ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 11 



and Tolstoi on the 16th, and plotted upon the base maps the distribu- 

 tion of seals at Tolstoi and Lagoon rookeries on the 17th. Keef, Pola- 

 vina, Ketavie, and Lukannon were revisited on the 18th for chart data. 



Leaving Mr. Miller to develop the plates exposed on St. Paul Island, 

 I sailed on the morning of the lOth for St. George Island on the U. S. 

 S. Alert, and succeeded in landing the same evening. On the 20th I 

 collected the necessary chart data for East and Little East rookeries, 

 St. George Island. From the 18th to the 21st, inclusive, the weather 

 was too stormy for photographic work, and it was not until the 22d 

 that I got the first photographs on St. George Island, those of North 

 rookery. The 23d proved stormy, but with better weather on the 24th 

 I secured photograi)hs of East and Little East rookeries. Chart data 

 for North rookery were secured the same day, and I dui»licated some 

 photographs of North rookery taken in 1S91. From the 2r)tli to the 

 27th it was too stormy for i)hotographic work, but I collected chart data 

 for Zapadnie and Starry Arteel rookeries on the 27th. On the 28tli I 

 photographed the latter rookery. 



On the 20th an opportunity was afforded for returning to St. I'aul 

 Island on the IT. S. S. A<htni.Sj and, as the most important rookeries are 

 located on tliat island. I returned without having secured photographs 

 of Zapadnie rookery. I immediately recommenced work on the rook- 

 eries of St. Paul Islaml, spending' the oOth at Northeast Point and 

 Polavina rookeries, the 31st at Keef rookery, and August 1 at Lukannon 

 and Ketavie rookeries. 



The Albatross return<'d to St, Paul Island on the evening of August 

 1, and thinking tiiat my time could then be spent more i^rotitably cruis- 

 ing among the fleet of pelagic sealers and observing their work than by 

 remaining longer on the islands. I went on board that evening accom- 

 panied by Mr. Miller. 



My time while at the islands was spent on the rookeries, whether the 

 weather was clear or stormy, Mv. iNIiller attending to the development 

 of the ])lates, thus giving me ample opportunity for going over most of 

 tlie rookeries two or three times. Satisfactory photograi)hs were taken 

 of all rookeries except Zapadnie, on St. George Ishind. Station 27 

 (Lagoon rookery) and the one on Village Hill (Reef rookery) were aban- 

 doned, as showing nothing on account of distance. The dates for 

 photographing the rookeries of St. (ieorge Island were changed to those 

 of St. Paul Island and vice versa, this change being rendered necessary, 

 as explained above, by the uncertainty of the landings at the former 

 island. St. Paul, moreover, being the more important island, is most 

 deserving of attention, and, in the future, I would recommend the com- 

 pletion of the work on that island first. 



Several of the photograjdiic stations on the rookeries were marked 

 with their numbers or letters in white lead, on the nearest permanent 

 bowlders. The stations now marked are as follows: 



St. Paul Island. — Keef, Ketavie, Lukannon, Lagoon, Zapadnie, and 

 Upper Zapadnie (Stations Nos. 12, 20, 14, 14J, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 7, 8, 

 8% 9, JO). 



St. George Island. — East, Little East, North, and Starrv Arteel (9, 

 A, B, 1, 2, 3, 5, E). 



For most of the remaining unmarked stations heavy stakes will have 

 to be driven into the sand, few permanent bowlders being available. 



The photogra])h of the grass area on Keef rookery was not duplicated 

 owing to bad weather, which is to be regretted, as it would have shown, 

 how very rapitily this portion of the Reef is becoming grass-grown. 



