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SEAL LIFE ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



boats become more widely separated. Sometimes, also, a sudden change 

 of wind favors the last boats to go out and places them to windward, a 

 coveted position which they could not otherwise have secured, a wind- 

 ward position being always considered the best. In perfectly calm 

 weather one position is as good as another. 



Secord of the position of the vessel and of the catch of fur seals each day by the sealing 

 schooner Dora Siewerd during a cruise in Bering Sea in August and September, 1895, 

 showing also the number of each sex taken daily as entered in the official log of the vessel. 



a On August 15 a canoe went astray, bat afterwards returned, bringing in 12 skins, of whicb the 

 Bexes were not determined. 



Record of the catch of fur seals and of the number of each sex taken daily by the sealing 

 schooner Dora Siewerd during a cruise in Bering Sea in August and September, 1S95, as 

 determined by A. B. Alexander. 



a On August 15 twelve skins were taken, of wLicli the sexes were not determined. 



