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project far out into the sea; the submerged reefs and 

 separate stones almost surround the rookery. The unim- 

 portant part of the rookery is at present seldom occupied 

 by seals, but about ten years ago it was always covered 

 with them and consisted of down-trodden sand, which 

 was produced by a destruction of sandy layers, which 

 were close to a conglomerate la3' , ers (Fontanka). These 

 sandy layers, are joined to a plateau of transformed 

 schists. In the Doubovoi bay the layers are joined on the 

 basalt. The whole shore, starting from the NW cape 

 to the Joushin cape, and from thence to cape Wachsel, 

 is covered with submerged rocks extending into the sea 

 to a distance of 2 — 4 geograp. miles. This space is thickly 

 overgrown with sea — weeds and serves, as a splendid 

 seal ground for seals. The Poloudennaya rookery and 

 the part of it, that extends far out under the water con- 

 sist of transformed schists cut by vertical splits filled 

 with quartz. The character of the shore occupied by the 

 fur seals is various, but the important condition for the 

 existing of rookery is, a space of water, protected from 

 the waves break. About 5 miles from the north of the 

 Poloudennaya rookery the character of the shore is 

 different, the coast gets broader and the mountains recede. 

 The beach changes from a stony into a sandy one. 



The space between the submerged rocks and those 

 above the water are called boulounki by the natives, — a 

 dwelling place and refuge for many kinds of fish. The 

 fur seals of the Poloudennaja rookery go northwards to 

 feed — they do not hurry towards the south — the locality 

 acquires a different character. The mountains near the 

 shore finish off very steeply; the shore is broken into by 

 shallow bays with open entrances, which admit a swelL 

 The mountain — chain gets narrower and is cut by nume- 

 rous narrow splits (deep valeys). 



The whole shore is covered by round pebble — stones. 



Towards the S. E. cape the mountains break off, 

 precipitously towards the sea. From outward appearances 



