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Col. Murray gone to Zapadine -

Watched the bachelors.  Saw a 4 or 5 yr. old mounting another bachelor of about the same age.
Saw one bachelor dragging his hind flippers in going down to the water.
Found a dead pup high up at back of rookery.
On rookery counted 60 pups & 25 cows together. Again, 30 cows and 66 pups.
Saw a rather fresh placenta. 
Haven't seen any copulation
No pup at the water's edge this morning.
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July 27th, 1895 
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Seals from Lukannon killed at village for food.

[[chart]] [[3-column format. Vertical line separates columns 2 and 3. Column 3 figures are included in column 2, rejected as too large]]

[[left margin, written vertically]] This is not the entire lot. [[/margin]]

Killed  Rejected  Large 
------  ------    -----
[[strikethrough]]10[[/strikethrough] 
11}     61         1
12}=21  39         12
13      32         5
13      28         8
18      28         5
12      24         1
10      28         0
10      38         0
9       49         3
13      36         1
[[strikethrough]]  9  33  2 [[/strikethrough]]
9       53         2
-----  -----      -----
128     416
        128
       ____
[[strikethrough]] 416)544  [[symbol for: 416 divided into 544]] [[/strikethrough]]

544)  1280 (23.5%
      1088
      ----
      1920
      1632
      ----
      2880

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Chart on page 2: 3-column format. Vertical line separates columns 2 and 3. Column 3 figures are included in column 2, rejected as too large]]