FIG. 69. A PORTION OF THE COAST AT SAN CRISTOBAL BAY, LOWER CALIFORNIA, 



FREQUENTED BY ELEPHANT SEALS AS LATE AS 1884. 



The animals generally occupied the mouths of the gullies, the beaches under the bluffs being 



narrow. The coast of this part of the Peninsula is totally lacking in fresh water 



for a distance of over 100 miles, and has always been uninhabited. 



FIG. 70. NORTHWEST SIDE OF (iUADALUPE ISLAND, AT DISTANCE OF ONE MILE. 

 Small beach occupied by elephant seals is in center of picture, near large rock slide. 



