THE LANDING OF THE COWS. 523 



In the little gully east of the Amphitheater of Kitovi is a new cow with the pup. 

 It is 9 o'clock. Half an hour later another new cow is seen at the foot of Lukanin 

 Hill. She is light colored, small, and restless. The bull treats her roughly. These 

 must be 3-year-old cows. The old ones lie quietly and make no trouble. 



I walked over to Tolstoi. There are about 75 to 100 bachelors on the slope of 

 Middle Hill and on the sand beach at the foot. There is a bunch of 265 at the angle 

 of Tolstoi with the sand beach. There are many young bulls among them. One has 

 a cow and pup right in the midst of the bachelors. Two others apparently have cows, 

 but as there are no pups one can not be sure. The bulls watch over them carefully 

 and fight off the bachelors, which are trying to tease the cows. 



I can count 9 other cows along the beach below the sand flat. The flat is covered 

 at regula,r intervals with bu],ls. There are 3 pups in all on Tolstoi. One harem has 3 

 cows, another 2. The harem of 3 is the largest yet seen. 



The slope on Tolstoi above the sand flat is covered with bulls. There are no 

 bachelors in the usual place at the top of the slope. No bachelors were noticed by 

 us last year on the sands where they are hauled to-day. They probably do not haul 

 so far backward at this season. 



Eeturning by way of Lukanin I found a new cow out at the foot of the hill; time, 

 11.15. Passing on to the Amphitheater I found that the cow at the foot of the cliff 

 had disappeared. There was a great commotion, and a bull at a distance was trying 

 to hold an animal which might be a cow, but looked like a bachelor. It was not the 

 cow which had left the foot of the cliff. 



Mr. Adams reports the landing of a third cow under the cliffs at Gorbatcb. He 

 witnessed the lauding of the cow and thus described it: " She swam along the shore 

 back and forth several times, apparently examining it. She started to land and then 

 went Gilt again. When she landed a second time a big bull which had stepped into 

 the water for the purpose caught her in his mouth and threw her up the beach. He 

 then drove her up to a place which seemed to be his and held her there." 



A half dozen bachelors have hauled out at Zoltoi; the first of the season. 

 Complaint has been made about Mr. Adams passing Zoltoi and Gorbatch, but until 

 to-day there have been no animals to disturb, and he will make a circuit to avoid 

 disturbing those now out. 



JUNE 17. 



I went to Kitovi this morning. No new cows were present. On Lukanin I found 

 5, making 11 in all. Directly under the cliff on this latter rookery is a cow with her 

 pup, evidently but a few hours old. She was not there at 5 o'clock last evening. 

 None of the 5 new cows were there then. Two of them form one harem. Another is 

 ia a harem with a cow first seen on the afternoon of June 14. Both these cows have 

 pups this morning, first seen at 8 o'clock. They are close together and one cow bites 

 and shakes the other's pup. The mother resents it and the bull attempts to stop their 

 quarreling. 



Another pup is seen in the harem of 2 under Lukanin Hill. These 2 cows were 

 first seen at 9 o'clock on the evening of Juue 15. The pup was not there at 5 o'clock 

 last night. 



During four day watches of four hours each no cows have been seen by me to 

 land- Such new arrivals as have appeared on Kitovi and Lukanin came at night. 

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