282 THE FUE SEALS OP THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



The cutter Bush reports having captured four schooners — the Bering Sea, with 

 151 skins; Ann BecJc, 336 skins; W. P. Sawyer, 479; Dolphin, 600 skins. 



Schooners have been shooting seals for days off lifortheast Point. Watchmen 

 have iired into boats five times to keep them off the rookeries. A schooner was 

 seized off Otter Island with 161 skins. 



August 20. — The Bush reports the capture of another schooner with 800 skins. 



October 29. — Men sent to Northeast Point to examine rookeries report very few 

 seals. 



October 31. — A distribution of 2,178 seal pups for food for the natives was made. 



November 20. — Men were sent to Eeef, Middle Hill, and Tolstoi to see if seals for 

 a food drive could be found, but the storm of last night had driven them into the water. 



November 26. — A drive for food was made from Middle Hill and Tolstoi. Very 

 few fit to kill were found, many cows and small seals being mingled with them. 



December 5.— Men were sent to Sea Lion Eock to kill seals for food. 



1888. 



January 11. — No seals are in sight on the island except at Sea Lion Eock. 



January 20. — The natives report 700 seals at Northeast Point. They were ordered 

 to drive them to the village, being careful and going slow if it took a week, killing 

 all that gave out on the way. 



January 24. — The first drive from Northeast Point reached the village at 2 p. m. 

 in good condition, the time from Northeast Point being eighty-two hours. 



January 25. — The second drive from Northeast Point came in at 8 a. m. in good 

 condition, 100 hours on the way. Five hundred seals killed and the meat salted. 



January 26. — Boats were sent for seal meat left on Sea Lion Eock. The living 

 seals have left the rock. 



May 5. — Two bulls are reported on the north side of the Eeef; 3 on Tolstoi. 



May 7. — Eleven bulls are reported at Southwest Bay ; 4 on the Eeef; 1 on Lukanin. 



May 9. — The Eeef has 8 bulls and 1 was seen landing. 



May 10. — Four bulls are out on the Village Eeef (Lagoon). 



May 11. — Twenty-five killable seals are reported from Northeast Point. The Eeef 

 has 15 bulls; Lukanin, 4. 



May 20. — Watchmen report 1 pup born at Northeast Point on May 21. The seals 

 and bulls are hauling very fast on all the rookeries for this time of the year. 



May 28. — A drive for food was made from Eeef. "Killers" are in sight around 

 the island close in to shore. 



RECORD KEPT BT G. R. TINGLE. 



June 6. — The first regular drive of the season was made from Eeef, 121 skins being 

 secured. 



June 21. — The rookeries are still very sparsely populated and killable seals are 

 hauling slowly. 



July 27. — The season's sealing closed to-day, completing the full quota of 100,000 

 skins; 85,000 from St. Paul; 15,000 from St. George.^ 



' The quota was tliia year, as last, composed of aa increasing number of undersized seals, thus 

 anticipating the quota of 1889. 



