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Lukin showed me a negative of his [[reproduction?]] Palata [[?]]. on July 28 (n.s.), '97, taken from the reef of Palata. It is nearer and consequently otherwise somewhat different from my plate 48 of 1895, but the [[strikethrough]] dif [[/strikethrough]] various features are easily recognized in both, so that they can be readily compared. Even allowing for the possibility that there are more seals in the water the day Lukin took his photograph (though both photos show that they were taken on foggy days) it is evident that there is a considerable