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" The females, after giving: birtli 

 to their youug, teinporarily repair 

 again to the water." — ("Mono- 

 graph of North American Pinni- 

 peds," p. 386.) 



2. " When once in the water the 

 young seals soon appear to delight 

 in it, spending most of their time 

 there in play, tumbling over each 

 other like shoals of fish." — (Mono- 

 graph of North American Pinni- 

 peds, p. 387.) 



3. " Thus they remain until Octo- 

 ber, when the oldest and strongest 

 begin to leave for the winter, and 

 others soon follow." — ("Monograph 

 of North American Pinnipeds," xjp. 

 387, 388.) 



4. "The fur-seals resort to the 

 Pribyloff Islands during the sum- 

 mer months for the sole purpose of 

 reproduction. Those sharing in 

 these duties necessarily remain on' 

 or near the shore until the young- 

 are able to take to the water. D ur- 

 ing this considerable period the old 

 seals are not known to take any 

 food."— ("On Eared Seals," p. 95.) 



"The beach-masters leave the 

 islands in August and Septem- 

 ber."— (H. R., 44th Congress, 1st 

 Session, Ex. Doc. No. 83, p. 177.) 



" In November the young seals 

 stop to rest for a few days on the 

 Aleutian Islands, where several 

 hundred are annually killed by the 

 natives." — (Senate, 41st Congress, 

 2nd Session, Ex. Doc. No. 32, p. 5.) 



5. "About the 20th July the 

 great body of the previous year's 

 pups arrive and occupy the slopes 

 with the younger class of males, 

 and they continue to be mixed to- 

 gether during the remainder of the 

 season. The 2 year-old females, 

 which pair with the young males 

 in the water near the island, also 

 now associate with the other 

 females."- ("On Eared Seals," 

 p. 102.) 



6. "At this stage they [the fe- 

 male pups] leave the island for the 



2. " By the 1st September near- 

 ly all the pups have learned to 

 swim, and until the time of their 

 dei^arture from the islands spend 

 their time both on land and in 

 the water, but by far the greater 

 portion of their time is spent on 

 land." — (United States Case, Ap- 

 pendix, vol. ii, p. 5.) 



3. "The time they [the young] 

 leave the islands is generally the 

 middle of November, but the 

 weather is the true mark of such 

 departure, they seeming unwilling 

 to stay after the first snow or sleet 

 comes." — ( United States Case, Ap- 

 pendix, vol. ii, p. 5.) 



4. "Providing the conditions 

 were the same on the islands the 

 year round as they are in the sum- 

 mer, and providing the food supply 

 was sufficient in the immediate 

 vicinity of the islands, I think the 

 seals would remain on or about the 

 islands during the entire year. 

 The seals evidently consider these 

 islands their home, and only leave 

 them by reason of lack of food 

 and inclement weather." — (United 

 States Case, Appendix, vol. ii, p. 5.) 



5. "Returning again, this time 

 as ' 2-year-olds,' the males go upon 

 the hauling-grounds with the bach- 

 elor seals, and the females land on 

 the breeding rookeries. It is prob- 

 able that tiie females of this age 

 ai'e fertilized by the bulls, and 

 leave the islands in the fall preg- 

 nant." — (United States Case, Ap- 

 jieudix, vol. ii, p. 6.) 



6. "On returning the third year 

 the young male goes again upon 



