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vey of all these great areas of reproduction the following presenta- 

 tion of the actual number of seals massed upon St. Paul is a fair 

 one : 



" Reef rookery " lias 4,01G feet of sea-margin, with 150 feet of aver- 

 age depth, making ground for 301,000 



" Gorbotch rookery" has 3,660 feet of sea-margin, with 100 feet of 



average depth, making ground for 183,000 



" Lagoon rookery " has 750 feet of sea-margin, with 100 feet of aver- 

 age depth, making ground for 37,000 



"Nah Speel rookery" has 400 feet of sea-margin, with 40 feet of 



average depth, making ground for 8,000 



*' Lukannon rookery " has 2,270 feet of sea-margin, with 150 feet of 



average depth, making ground for 170,000 



" Keetavie rookery" has 2,200 feet of sea-margin, with 150 feet of 



average depth, making ground for 165,000 



"Tolstoi rookery" has 3,000 feet of sea-margin, with 150 feet of 



average depth, making ground for 225,000 



" Zapadnie rookery " has 5,880 feet of sea-margin, with 150 feet of 



average depth, making ground for 441,000 



"Polavina rookery " has 4,000 feet of sea-margin, with 150 feet of 



average depth, making ground for 300,000 



" Novastoshnah, or Northeast Point "has 15,840 feet of sea-margin, 



with 150 feet of average depth, making ground for 1,200,000 



A grand total of breeding-seals and young for St. Paul Island 



in 1874 of 3,030,000 



The rookeries of St. George are designated and measured as 

 below : 



" Zapadnie rookery " has 600 feet of sea-margin, with 60 feet of 



average depth, making ground for 18,000 



" Starry Arteel rookery " has 500 feet of sea-margin, with 125 feet of 



average depth, making ground for 30,420 



" North rookery " has 750 feet of sea-margin, with 150 feet of aver- 

 age depth, and 2,000 feet of sea-margin, with 25 feet of aver- 

 age dei:)th, making ground in all for 77,000 



"Little Eastern rookery " has 750 feet of sea-margin, with 40 feet 



of average depth, making ground for 13,000 



" Great Eastern rookery " has 900 feet of sea-margin, with 60 feet 



of average depth, making ground for 25,000 



A grand total of the seal-life for St. George Island, breeding- 

 seals and young, of 163,420 



Grand sum total for the Pribylov Islands (season of 1873), 



breeding-seals and young 3,193,430 



