THE HEEDED SEALS. 



591 



of all ditseotions on St. Pawl lelanS, beginning ivith August 19 — Continued, 

 n. SUMMARY BY SUCCESSIVE DATES. 



SEPTEMBER 5. 



MB. WABBEN'S NOTES. 



This affcernoon I visited the seals in the lagoon. At the landing, or the place 

 where the fence crosses the neck of the lagoon, about 150 seals are hauled out on the 

 bank on either side of the channel. Others are in the water buinping up against the 

 fence and biting at it but not doing it any special damage. A few seals have escaped. 

 The greater part of the seals are hauled out on the flat near the base of the bluff 

 toward Tolstoi. 



There seems to be no doubt that the seals realize the fact that they are confined, 

 and they patrol the fence looking for an opening. Undoubtedly they can get over 

 the 42inoh fence when they set out to in earnest, but few of them seem to care to 

 make the exertion. Most of those which have escaped as yet have done so by 

 crawling through a hole where the wire does not fit closely to the ground. These 

 holes we are flxitig as ftist as possible. 



There is a beaten path around just inside the fence extending probably two-thirds 

 the way around, where the seals have gone searching for an opening. The point 

 where their efforts to escape are chiefly concentrated is near the bluff at Tolstoi. 

 This is the route by which the bachelors released from the killings make their way to 

 the sea. There also the nature of the ground is such that there are many long holes, 

 depressions, hillocks, etc., into which the wire fence does not fit. 



SEPTEMBER 6. 

 MB. EDWABDS'S NOTES. 



In accordance with instructions, I counted the dead pups on the amphitheater as 

 they accumulated since the removal of those found on August 13. 



Nwmber dead. 



Aug. 14 3 



19 : r 7 



^ 24 23 



27 36 



Aug. 29 39 



31 45 



Sept. 3 52 



6 56 



