54 HABITS OF THE FUR-SEALS. 



Cow's affection formant, on whom he relies for his knowledge of 



for her young. 



seal habits, in which the following statement is 

 made: "They [the cows] keep good watch and 

 care affectionately for their offspring. * * * 

 I have seen three pups washed off the rocks and 

 the cows have immediately followed and brought 

 them on the rocks again in an astonishingly 

 rapid manner." 1 The attention of the Arbitra- 

 tors is also called to the testimony presented on 

 this point in the Appendix herewith submitted. 2 

 Analogy with The Report admits that "analogy with most 



other animals. 



other animals appears to favor this view" (Sec. 

 317), and that it "may hold in the case of the fur- 

 seal" (Sec. 318), but insists that the observers 

 have been misled by this analogy (Sec. 317) and 

 by the circumstance that they have seen a cow 

 refuse to take the first pup she meets and select 

 another to be nursed (Sec. 323), adding that 

 such selection may be the mere act of finding a 

 pup which does not have the smell of fresh milk 

 about it (Sec. 323). And it is further suggested 

 that this selection may be made "perhaps by 

 Authorities re-sound" (Sec. 323). Two authorities are particu- 



lied upon in the 



Report. larly quoted in support of the position taken in 



the Report: "Sir Samuel Wilson, M. P., the 



1 Produomus of the Zoology of Victoria, hy Sir F. McCoy, F. R. S. f 

 decade VIII, p. 9. 



2 J. Stanley-Brown, p. 388; W. H. Williams, p. 398; C. H. Town- 

 Bend, p. 393. 



