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Sept. 29th, Went down to the small rookery. There were no seal there. Got a 

 few penguin eggs ; also some molly mokes. 

 " 30th. This morning we found our way to one of the big rookeries. Went the 

 whole length of it but could find nothing. There was a large bull 

 elephant \_Macrorhinus leoninus\ on the beach. 

 Oct. 1st. Got a few molly moke eggs. 

 " 2nd. Went to another small rookery where we got one seal (a wig).* Saw 



one more wig and a clapmatch* in the water. 

 " 8th. Got a few molly moke eggs. I now have 100 eggs of the molly moke 



and 100 of the penguin rock hopper, [i.e., blown, to take home.] 

 " 12th. Landed where there used to be a camp of sealers years ago. We found 

 some potatoes growing wild. We dug a few, they were quite good 

 size. (It is 18 years since the men were there). 

 " 13th. Took both boats and pulled around to the other side. We then killed 

 what seal there was and got 28, 2 of them wigs and 3 clapmatches, 

 the rest were young seal. 

 " ITth. In the afternoon went down to the small rookery to get some eggs and 



got 4 seal (old). 

 '• 20th. Started this morning and came to the shanty. Considerable snow on 

 the mountain. When we got here we found out that one of the men 

 that started to come over yesterday became tired out and the others 

 came on and left him, so taking the 4 men that had left him, I went 

 back with them. We found him near where he was left. He had 

 been dead some time and was frozen stiff. We buried him the best 

 we could. 

 We are troubled considerably with mice, as there are many of them. 

 Mr. Moore (the third mate), went off and got *7 seal on the north end of 



the island. 

 Got 13 sea hens. 

 Got 1 sea hen. All that we get them for, is their feathers. They have 



the best. 

 Got 15 seal (wig) at the north end of the island. Got 20 sea hens. 

 Shot 21 sea hens. 

 Have had our Thanksgiving to-day. Made some doughnuts and had 



chocolate coffee for supper. Got 1 sea hen. 

 Got I seal (wig). Got ] 7 sea hens and a large quantity of crawfish. 

 Came across the mountain this morning intending to commence to kill 

 the seal. Went to one of the small rookeries and found the seal 

 had not hauled as yet, there being only 6 wigs and 2 clapmatches in 

 the rookery. Mr. Moore say^ that last year there were over 100 seal 

 there, though they only got five. (I did not think best to commence 

 killing). 

 3rd. This morning we went to another small rookery where they got 20 

 odd seal last year, but claimed that if there had been more men they 

 could have got 150. We only found 9 seal there, 7 wigs and 2 clap- 

 matches, so will wait longer to give the seal time to haul, Mr. Moore 

 says he has the scurvy coming on. 



* The "wigs " are the adult males and the " clapmatches " the adult fomaleg. 



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