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many in the dump. This is where the largest group of black-foots seer, a 
to he congregating j about forty there today. 
nothing unusual seems to have been drifted in by the storm. 
Kovember 10 — Six of us went out after noon to tag seals and, hopefully, 
to weight several of different sizes. We were using a large tripod 
supplied by the CG, plus Bill's hoist. Weighed two on the north point. 
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Found that we couldn't keep them strapped to ohe board since they taper 
to both ends. The first individual was quite the worse for wear by the 
time we got straightened around to using a heavy rope sling around the 
flipper area. The second went much better. 
However, we found that this is not the way to weight seals since 
the third animal, about 60 pounds heavier than the first two, died. 
Apparently the wight of the animal put sufficient - force on the rope 
to collapse the lungs. The lung cavity was full of blood when we 
autopsied her* 
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Therefore , much to our consternation, we spent the rest of a long 
day skinning the animal. We saved whole organs when practicable, portions 
of them in other cases, preserving them In both Bonin’s and buffered 
formalin. The carcass was placed in a wire cage and left to be cleaned 
in an old road off the west beach to the antenna field. The skin was 
Salted and frozen. 
We do not plan to do another seal in the near future. I don't 
particularly care to see another seal for a week or so. 
