402 THE FUE SEALS OF THE PKIBILOF ISLANDS. 



opened the stomachs of only 4 contained food; all contained nematodes. Noticeable 

 is it that none of the stomachs contained pebbles of volcanic rock such as were found 

 in stomachs of bachelors on St. Paul. In the evening we obtained 1 male and 13 

 females. But 5 stomachs contained food; none pebbles; nematodes in all. One 

 5-year-old male was thrown overboard by schooner E. B. Marvin. 



AUGUST 11. 



This morning proved suitable for photographing, and Mr. Macoun went to get 

 views from Hutchinson Hill. Dr. Jordan and Mr. Clark began the count of dead 

 pups at the south end of the hill. 



VOSTOCHNI. 



Inasmuch as no count of cows and harems was possible on this tract in the height 

 of the breeding season, Dr. Jordan made a count of the bulls and Mr. Clark counted 

 the pups. A count of harems at this time will necessarily be imperfect, but while the 

 bulls are not the same, the harems now marked by the presence of bulls correspond in 

 a rough way to the original ones. 



At the very outset of this rookery there is a death trap. The rocky shore is well 

 .adapted for rookery purposes, but the harems extend back into a level sandy flat 

 which adjoins a large hauling ground. As we approached, a band of bachelors 

 immediately set out through the rookery by a short cut to the sea, sweeping the cows 

 and pups with them. Of course, they could not do this in the breeding season, but 

 the attempt to do it, which was frequently made, doubtless occasioned a great amount 

 of fighting. Here, as at Tolstoi and Polovina, there is a tendency for the harems to 

 extend out in a wedge-shaped mass, across the point of which the bachelors are always 

 trying to pass instead of going around. 



There was a dead bull in the level flat and 3 other dead bulls at its outer edge; 

 more evidence of fighting. 



A large female pup, greatly emaciated, was found lying gasping and jerking with 

 spasms — another case of " sunstroke," so called. The pup had voided a quantity of 

 dark fecal matter like coal tar, and its lower intestines were full of the same excrement. 

 The organs were in normal condition; not a trace of fat. The pup was starving. 

 Dr. Voss says that in his opinion this dark fecal matter found in the intestines of a 

 number of starving pups may be due to intestinal hemorrhage, the black coloring 

 matter coming from the breaking down of the blood cells in the intestines. 



Those pups which lose their mothers early do not grow; they turn gray and look 

 old while still dwarfish in size. One starving pup crawls to us as if asking for help. 



Another albino russet pup is seen apparently partly blind. It is strange that so 

 many of these albinos should be blind. 



Some bulls, not many of them, try to avoid stepping on the pups. A bull is seen 

 with a very bad scalp wound now almost healed but which will leave a scar. Apparently 

 few of the wounds inflicted by the bulls on each other early in the season fail to heal 

 before the end. 



THE COUNT. 



This first group of harems to the south of Hutchinson Hill contained 263 dead 

 pups to the point where the sea lions sleep. There were also 4 dead cows and 4 



