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May 8.— Nail Speel has long since' been abandoned by the seals. 



May 9. — Three bull seals have hauled up on the Lagoon rookery. 



May 17. — A food drive was made from Southwest Bay and 74 killed. 



May 19. — Seals are reported hauling fast at Northeast Point. Old bulls are 

 located in considerable numbers as far as the top of Hutchinson Hill. "Killers" swarm 

 around the point driving seals and sea lions on shore. 



May 24. — A few cows were seen about a bulFon Gorbatch, the first family of the 

 season.^ 



June 4. — Made the first drive of the season from the Reef, killing 561. 



July 26. — The company finished the killing of the season to-day, getting the full 

 quota of 85,000 skins.^ A sealing schooner was captured with 574 skins on board. 



RECORD KEPT BY A. P. LAUD. 



August 3. — Five sealing schooners are reported in the neighborhood of the islands. 

 October 1. — At Northeast Point the rookeries are filled with seals. 



1887. 



January 1. — An examination of the rookeries shows them in good condition, with 

 quite a number of small seals present. 



January 5. — The weather is very mild; a large number of seals are about the 

 island and on the different rookeries. 



January 11. — An examination of the rookeries shows that all of the seals have 

 left. 



February 28. — The weather still continues mild; four fur seals are seen on North 

 (probably Northeast Point) rookery. 



May 1. — One bull is reported on Eeef; one at Southwest Bay. 



May 3. — Two bulls are reported at Tolstoi; three at Southwest Bay. 



May 14.^There are 23 bulls on the Eeef ; 14 at Southwest Bay; Sat Tolstoi; 7 

 at Lukanin ; 2 on Lagoon Reef; 24 at Northeast Point. 



May 21. — Fifty killable seals are reported at Northeast Point. 



May 24. — A drive for food was made from Reef and Southwest Bay, 275 being 

 killed. 



June 6. — The first drive for the qu&ta was made from Tolstoi, 419 being killed. 



June 19. — A number of cows have landed and some pups are born. 



July M. — Falling short on drives of yesterday, made small drive from Tolstoi, 

 getting the needful 232 skins to make up the quota of 100,000.* 



RECORD KEPT BY J. P. MANCHESTER. 



August 16. — A drive of seals was made for food at Zoltoi, Reef, and Lukanin. Only 

 207 were obtained out of a very large number. 



> This is a mistake. See note under date of May 11, 1884. The abandonment occurred this very- 

 year. 



^ This was probably a group of bachelors with a bull among them. 



3 The retardation of the quota continues ; prior to 1883 the quota was filled by, if not before, 

 July 20. 



■•The filling of the quota was assisted in this year by the reduction of the age and size of the 

 killable seals to be taken, thus anticipating the quota of the year following. 



