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  SERVICE. 
  

  

  159 
  

  

  Out 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  drive 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  1,200 
  seals, 
  6 
  marked 
  yearUngs 
  

   were 
  found, 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  males. 
  Although 
  only 
  6 
  of 
  those 
  

   marked 
  were 
  found, 
  there 
  were 
  present 
  a 
  few 
  other 
  animals 
  of 
  similar 
  

   size 
  which 
  might 
  properly 
  be 
  classed 
  as 
  yearhngs, 
  but 
  the 
  whole 
  

   number 
  of 
  this 
  size 
  present, 
  including 
  those 
  not 
  marked, 
  would 
  not 
  

   equal 
  10 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  drive. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  

   marked 
  seals 
  was 
  killed. 
  

  

  A 
  single 
  yearling 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  drive 
  of 
  July 
  20 
  on 
  St. 
  George.^ 
  

  

  ARRIVAL 
  OF 
  SEALS 
  ON 
  ST. 
  GEORGE 
  ISLAND. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  bulls 
  to 
  haul 
  out 
  this 
  season 
  appeared 
  May 
  8 
  on 
  North 
  

   and 
  East 
  rookeries. 
  The 
  fii"st 
  cow 
  appeared 
  on 
  North 
  rookery, 
  

   June 
  12. 
  Details 
  of 
  certain 
  observations 
  on 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  seals 
  and 
  

   harem 
  counts 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table: 
  

  

  Count 
  op 
  Bulls, 
  Harems, 
  and 
  Cows, 
  St. 
  George 
  Island, 
  North 
  Rookery, 
  

  

  Season 
  1913. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  early 
  days 
  of 
  June, 
  when 
  the 
  seals 
  had 
  hauled 
  out 
  in 
  

   numbers, 
  no 
  complete 
  counts 
  of 
  the 
  nonbreeding 
  seals 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  

   the 
  agent. 
  The 
  full 
  census 
  of 
  all 
  classes 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  A, 
  

   Clark, 
  special 
  investigator, 
  who 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  separate 
  report. 
  

  

  SEAL 
  MEAT 
  NECESSARY 
  FOR 
  NATIVES' 
  FOOD. 
  

  

  The 
  natives 
  are 
  almost 
  entirely 
  dependent 
  on 
  seals 
  for 
  fresh 
  meat. 
  

   For 
  both 
  islands 
  at 
  least 
  5,000 
  carcasses 
  from 
  seals 
  of 
  desirable 
  ages 
  

   should 
  be 
  provided 
  to 
  afford 
  the 
  natives 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  the 
  food 
  

   which 
  has 
  formed 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  their 
  diet. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  seals 
  killed 
  for 
  natives' 
  food, 
  a 
  sufl&- 
  

   cient 
  number 
  of 
  carcasses 
  should 
  be 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  sUos 
  during 
  the 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  to 
  provide 
  fox 
  food 
  from 
  September 
  15 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  May. 
  

   Between 
  these 
  dates 
  birds 
  are 
  not 
  sufficiently 
  abundant 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  

  

  a 
  A 
  telegram 
  dated 
  March 
  16, 
  1914, 
  from 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  R. 
  E. 
  Hatton, 
  in 
  charge 
  on 
  St. 
  Paul 
  Island, 
  reports 
  a 
  total 
  

   return 
  of 
  14 
  branded 
  seals 
  to 
  that 
  island 
  in 
  1913 
  between 
  July 
  14 
  and 
  November 
  8. 
  On 
  St. 
  George 
  Island 
  

   a 
  total 
  of 
  74 
  branded 
  seals 
  were 
  seen, 
  chiefly 
  in 
  drives 
  between 
  August 
  16 
  and 
  November 
  25. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  total 
  

   of 
  88 
  for 
  the 
  two 
  islands, 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  5,529 
  branded 
  pups 
  of 
  1912. 
  They 
  were 
  never 
  seen 
  in 
  numbers, 
  but 
  

   appeared 
  occasionally 
  on 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  different 
  rookeries. 
  

  

  