the Aleutian Island passes seen seals travelling singly or in twos and 

 tlirees; frequently a young male, female and pup are seen together, the 

 only exception to this being when they haul out on floating patches of 

 kelp. In Bering Sea, I have often seen a dozen or twenty seals upon one 

 patch of drift kelp apparently resting. If disturbed, however, tiioy spring 

 into the water and separate, entirely rogardloss of each other. From my 

 own observations and what information I can gather from all sources, I 

 believe that upon leaving the islands in the fall, the seals are cntiroly 

 independent of each other, each following its own inclination, and that 

 the small groups of twos and threes sometimes soon arc but temporary and 

 more accidental than otherwise. The coast of the Pacific States is Hic 

 destination of tho herd after leaving the passes, and a milder climate and 

 the small fish that infest tho rivers in tho spring the inccntivos. The 

 southern range of the herd being determined by tho individual likes is 

 reached by but a small port of tho entire herd. Up to tho time of reach- 

 ing the coast the seals are very much scattered. After reaching tho coast 

 and while following it along to the northward the scattered seals close up 

 somewhat and assume at times something the character of a herd or band. 

 This however is but accidental. If disturbed, they always scatter in all 

 directions instead of moving off in one direction as do v/alius, sea-lionj ^ 

 porpoises and other animals that are known to travel in bands or schools. 



On November 10th, the CORYiTQT left the vicinity of the passes and ■;■;;; - 

 shaped a course for San Francisco, No soals were seen on that day. On the 

 following morning in Lat, 51° 49' N,, Long, 160° S6 ♦ W., one seal apparent-^-- 

 ly a yearling v/as seen and on the morning of tho 12th in Lat, 50° 08* N., 

 Long, 156° 40' W,, what was believed to bo a pup seal was seen — the only 

 seals seen during the passage although a good lookout' was kept at all 

 times , 



T HE SEA LI'JN. 



The sea lion is a great furless seal. Its color is dark chocolate 

 brown. The length of a full grown male is about 11 feet and its weight is 

 as much as 1100 pounds. The' female seldom is over -g- the size of the male. 

 The baby seal weighs approximately 25 pounds and is about 2 feet in lengthfc< 



The seal lion is polygai'aous. Like tho seel tho bulls congrogato on 

 their rookeries, Threo or four weeks after tho bulls establish their 

 homes the cows make their appearance. Usually a savage fight occurs be- 

 tween males the younger and weaker ones are driven away leaving the larger 

 and stronger bulls in charge forming harems of about 12 cows each. 



The young are born during the months of May and June, The young 

 must strive for themselves early in life their lot being somewhat differ- 

 ent from the baby walruses. 



The sea-lion as a whole remain in the vicinity of their rookeries 

 the year round. They are a timorous lot. If thoy are approached by man 

 tho bulls and cows rush off into the water, leaving their young bohind. 



Thoy usually swim offshore for a safe distance and huddle together 

 in packs of about 200 each, Thoy hold their head and nock high out of 

 water roaring in concert incessantly making a deafening noise as in protest 

 of their being disturbed. As soon as they are left alone they return to 



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