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I have 5u3t a-ocentry i-otin-nod to iJaalin-rjoa froa five -/ionths in 
v;iO field and an slo^rlo^ irhlhLC tljn’ou^ my nail; thus the Iona delay i 
anon:arin3 yoar letter of 17 July'-. 
Our projaat Isn’t doin ;5 too muc’n 'wrlth the morf: seal, though I 
^-avo cevoral sumal pro^eotni ^otp.^ on Itars* ife ha'/^ toif^od aberat three 
' anirsls to date, chief 1;^- on Ifai'o and Pearl eiad her:aes Eoef, 
yolloa* plastic cattle ear tas on the loft rear flipper- Sic 
een to bo holdin" up ucll. 'rucy fece, but the x>rintins is 
or. and doesn't ^,’ear off badlj'; ana occaaionail^' they pull out of 
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isiL;na at least oneo a -ireeh, and the Ccrist Ennrdsnen also 
■..i-ir.::. i^'- tns nuehers on. theii* ,ieunta around the beach. Ee roenrd 
lonr.iity ‘nithiu ICO yore inteuvulS; and -tajic notes , on rclstionships 
eer. individuals, tine of day seen, and so on. years of this 
unti-ou should rrove intorectins. 
•^'.ii- but one o.C the thSrtyafour pups bom on ICura this yeas* tus 
._i •u-ir-bii'th- -and ve collected irz-efuiar crorth and develqpu’ent data 
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