262 THE FUK SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS.- 



September 27.— Lukania rookery is fall of females and pups; but there are only 

 about 200 bachelors, a great decrease over former years. 



October 18.— Females and young seals are to be found in numbers on the uplands 

 of Eeef rookery. 



October 19.— The seals having left Zoltoi, it was necessary to go to the Eeef for 

 a drive for food; 176 seals were killed, of which 67 were stagy. 



2f ovember 13. — A drive of 87 more pups was made from Gorbatch, making a total 

 of 4,897 pups for the winter food supply. 



December 11. — A large number of seals suitable for killing reported on the point 

 of the Eeef Many sea lions on Sea Lion (Sivutch) Eock. 



1875. 



January 19. — A few seals are on the rocks, and several groups in the water, about 

 a thousand in all, between Tolstoi and English Bay. 



January 20. — The rookeries of ]!fortheast Point show small groups of seals on the 

 rocks and in the water, about 600 or 700 in all. 



February 10. — Several small groups of seals are reported on the shore and in the 

 water at Ifortheast Point. Many sea lions also; the stomachs of two killed contained 

 recently taken codfish. ' 



February 15. — Men were sent to Northeast Point to kill some of the seals to 

 determine whether and on what they had been feeding. The contents of the stomachs 

 of six was too far decomposed to permit of identification, beyond the fact that kelp or 

 sea cabbage was present.^ 



February 18. — An inspection of the Eeef showed but one seal; several heads 

 were found showing where someone had recently killed seals and carried their bodies 

 away. 



February 20. — There are no seals on Lukanin. The carcasses of about 70 pups 

 were found, that had evidently been killed in November by stealth with a view of 

 secreting their meat.'' 



March 17. — Fifty or 60 seals are reported at Northeast Point; 16 were killed for 

 fresh meat, the winter supply of seal meat having spoiled on account of warm weather. 



March 31. — Two fur seals are reported off the Eeef. 



April 5, — No seals are in sight on the Eeef, though it is time for them to arrive. 



April 11. — Two seals are reported in the water at Zapadni. 



April 15. — Fifty seals were seen in the water off the Eeef, showing no disposition 

 to land. One old bull reconnoitered the shore from the point to Gorbatch and back 

 deliberately and then returned to the group playing in the water off the Point. 



April 20. — Two polosikatchi, or half bull seals, are reported on the rocks at Tolstoi 

 Point. 



April 22. — Quite a number of seals are in the water about the Eeef, but none 

 attempting to land. 



May 2.— Three bulls and 200 bachelors hauled out at Southwest Bay; 2 bulls at 

 Tolstoi, 1 at Lukanin. 



' Probably pollack. 



= This is probably a mistake, or if the kelp were present, that it was swallowed by accident. 

 "• Probably the bodies of pups, killed in the drives for food in the fall, which had not been removed. 

 See record nnder date of November t, 3, and 6, 1879. 



