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and A. G. Whitney, Americans; J. M. Macoun and B. W. Harmon, Canadians, and T. 

 Kitahara, Japanese. The help of Mr. Whitney, who had assisted in the count in 191 3, 

 was most valuable. The party was divided into two squads, making it possible to do 

 the work expeditiously and finish before the pups were ready to take to the water. On 

 St. Paul Island, Kitovi, Ardiguen, and the Zapadnis were counted by Parker, Kitahara, 

 and Harmon; Lukanin, Tolstoi, Lagoon, and Morjovi by Osgood, Preble, and Whitney, 

 assisted by Macoun, except on Lagoon; Gorbatch, Reef, the Polovinas, and Vostochni 

 were counted jointly, Parker, Kitahara, and Harmon forming one squad and Osgood, 

 Preble, Macoun, and Whitney another. On St. George Island, Zapadni was counted by 

 Osgood, Preble, and Hanna; Staraya Artel and North by Parker, Kitahara, Harmon, 

 and Proctor, and East rookeries by Parker, Preble, Kitahara, Harmon, and Proctor. It 

 is thus seen that no less than three individuals of three different nationaUties participated 

 in practically every count. All members of the party expressed themselves as convinced 

 of the thoroughness of the method and the reliabihty of the results. The error in count- 

 ing is only that limiting any human act, and in this case is almost negligible, and cer- 

 tainly on the side of conservatism. 



Following is the result of the count : 



Count of pups. Prihilof Islands, 1914. 



Rookery. 



Date of 

 count. 



Living 

 pups. 



Dead 

 pups. 



Total. 



ST. PAUL ISLAND. 



Kitovi 



Lukanin 



Gorbatch 



Ardiguen 



Reef 



Sivutch 



Lagoon 



Tolstoi 



Zapadni — . 



Little Zapadni. . 

 Zapadni Reef. . . 



Polovina 



Polovina Cliffs. . 

 Little Polovina . 



Morjovi 



Vostochni 



Total. 



ST. GECRGE ISLAND. 



North 



Staraya Artel. 



Zapadni 



Little East 



East Reef 



East Cliffs 



Total. 



Total, St. Paullsland... 

 Total. St. George Island. 



Grand total, both islands. . 



July 31 



..do 



July 30 

 July 31 



..do 



July 30 

 Aug. I 



...do 



..do 



...do 



..do 



July 29 



..do 



..do 



Aug. J 

 ..do 



Aug. 4 

 ..do 



do.. 

 Aug. 

 ..do.. 

 ...do.. 



2,072 



1,761 



6,067 



64s 



13.353 



3.984 



373 



9.760 



7.499 



4.840 



203 



3,484 



1,431 



910 



2,268 



19,210 



77,S6o 



S.1S9 

 4.21S 

 1,01s 

 25 

 576 

 2,627 



13.647 



77,860 

 13,647 



47 

 73 

 85 

 II 

 206 

 68 



174 



126 



79 



3 



71 



18 



17 



44 



499 



112 



63 



5 

 31 



1.523 

 220 



2. 119 

 1,834 



6, 152 



656 

 13.5,^9 

 4.052 



375 

 9.934 

 7.625 

 4.919 



206 

 3.555 

 1.449 



927 

 2.312 

 19,709 



79,383 



5, 301 

 4.278 

 1.023 

 26 

 581 

 2.658 



13.867 



79,383 

 13. 867 



THE ESTIMATES. 



If all the bachelor seals came to land at any one time, it would be possible to count 

 them with a fair degree of accuracy by driving and podding as in the case of the pups. 

 But, although approximately the same number is found on each hauUng ground for 

 considerable periods, there is always a large and indeterminate number in the sea, moving 



