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  ing 
  about 
  5 
  tons 
  and 
  hanging 
  the 
  fish 
  up 
  to 
  dry, 
  most 
  of 
  it 
  spoiled 
  

   because 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  too 
  rainy 
  to 
  permit 
  of 
  drying. 
  As 
  the 
  

   matter 
  was 
  urgent, 
  Agent 
  Lembkey 
  visited 
  the 
  place, 
  to 
  induce 
  the 
  

   man 
  to 
  renew 
  liis 
  efforts. 
  He 
  also 
  procured 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  burlap 
  

   for 
  shipment 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  and 
  arranged 
  with 
  the 
  Revenue 
  Cutter 
  

   Service 
  to 
  transport 
  it 
  from 
  English 
  Bay 
  to 
  St. 
  George 
  some 
  time 
  

   during 
  the 
  fall. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  w*hat 
  quantity 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  was 
  

   furnished. 
  

  

  On 
  St. 
  Paul, 
  realizing 
  that 
  the 
  St. 
  George 
  foxes 
  would 
  be 
  in 
  danger 
  

   of 
  starvation 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1913-14, 
  on 
  July 
  7 
  such 
  pieces 
  of 
  

   seal 
  meat 
  as 
  were 
  left 
  on 
  the 
  field 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  and 
  such 
  few 
  seal 
  

   carcasses 
  as 
  were 
  undesirable 
  for 
  natives' 
  food 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  re- 
  

   moval 
  of 
  the 
  blubber, 
  were 
  hauled 
  to 
  the 
  village 
  and 
  there 
  cut 
  up 
  

   and 
  barreled 
  after 
  being 
  lightly 
  salted. 
  Twenty-four 
  barrels 
  were 
  

   so 
  filled 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  St. 
  George 
  on 
  the 
  Homer. 
  This 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   seal 
  meat 
  would 
  weigh 
  about' 
  2^ 
  tons 
  and 
  will 
  last 
  only 
  a 
  short 
  

  

  time. 
  

  

  REINDEER 
  HERD. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  last 
  day 
  of 
  August, 
  1911, 
  4 
  male 
  and 
  21 
  female 
  adult 
  rein- 
  

   deer 
  were 
  placed 
  on 
  St. 
  Paul 
  Island, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  1 
  adult 
  

   male, 
  12 
  adult 
  females, 
  and 
  2 
  young 
  males 
  were 
  landed 
  on 
  St. 
  

   George 
  Island 
  by 
  the 
  revenue 
  cutter 
  Bear. 
  These 
  reindeer 
  had 
  

   been 
  supplied 
  to 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Commerce 
  by 
  the 
  Department 
  

   of 
  the 
  Interior 
  from 
  its 
  herd 
  at 
  Unalakleet, 
  on 
  the 
  mainland. 
  

  

  Up 
  to 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1912, 
  the 
  losses 
  had 
  been 
  but 
  3 
  — 
  1 
  male 
  and 
  

  

  I 
  young 
  cow 
  on 
  St. 
  Paul 
  and 
  the 
  adult 
  buU 
  on 
  St. 
  George. 
  In 
  the 
  

   spring 
  of 
  1912 
  there 
  were 
  produced 
  17 
  healthy 
  fawns 
  on 
  St. 
  Paul 
  and 
  

  

  II 
  on 
  St. 
  Georgo, 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  August, 
  1912, 
  thcro 
  were 
  on 
  St. 
  

   Paul 
  3 
  adult 
  bulls, 
  20 
  adult 
  cow^s, 
  and 
  17 
  young, 
  or 
  a 
  herd 
  of 
  40. 
  On 
  

   St. 
  George 
  there 
  were 
  2 
  adult 
  bulls, 
  12 
  adult 
  cows, 
  and 
  11 
  young, 
  or 
  

   a 
  herd 
  of 
  25 
  ; 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  65 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  islands. 
  The 
  losses 
  from 
  these 
  

   until 
  September, 
  1913, 
  on 
  St. 
  Paul 
  were 
  1 
  adult 
  bull, 
  1 
  adult 
  cow, 
  

   1 
  yearling 
  cow, 
  and 
  2 
  yearling 
  bulls; 
  those 
  on 
  St. 
  George, 
  1 
  adult 
  bull, 
  

   or 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  6. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1913 
  there 
  were 
  produced 
  18 
  healthy 
  fawns 
  on 
  

   St. 
  Paul 
  and 
  13 
  on 
  St. 
  George. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  September, 
  1913, 
  the 
  

   herds 
  therefore 
  consisted 
  of 
  2 
  adult 
  bulls, 
  18 
  adult 
  cows, 
  7 
  yearling 
  

   buUs, 
  7 
  yearling 
  cows, 
  and 
  18 
  fawns 
  on 
  St. 
  Paul, 
  or 
  a 
  herd 
  of 
  52; 
  

   and 
  on 
  St. 
  George 
  2 
  adult 
  bulls, 
  12 
  adult 
  cows, 
  2 
  yearling 
  bulls, 
  9 
  

   yearling 
  cows, 
  8 
  male 
  fawns, 
  and 
  5 
  female 
  fawns, 
  or 
  36. 
  The 
  total 
  

   for 
  both 
  islands 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  September, 
  1913, 
  is 
  therefore 
  88. 
  This 
  

   is 
  a 
  net 
  increase 
  of 
  120 
  per 
  cent 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  experience 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  years 
  has 
  demonstrated 
  the 
  practicabil- 
  

   ity 
  of 
  maintaining 
  a 
  reindeer 
  herd 
  on 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  islands. 
  The 
  cli- 
  

   matic 
  conditions 
  are 
  favorable, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  not 
  unfavorable. 
  There 
  

  

  