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List of Stations on Ketaire from which samples of soil were obtained
Aug 5, 1895. (See chart for location of stations).

No. 1. Margin of cliff.
2. 50 feet inland
3. 100 feet " [[Ditto for: inland]]
4. 150 feet " [[Ditto for: inland]]
5. 200 feet " [[Ditto for: inland]] (not taken; same as no. 4).
c. 250 feet inland
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7. Edge of rookery.
8. 50 feet inland.
9. 100 feet " [[Ditto for: inland]]
10. 150 feet " [[Ditto for: inland]]

In location including sta.

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7 to 10, the first station (no. 7) was taken immediately below the uppermost harem.
In location including sta. 1 to 6, the first is at the margin of a cliff below [[insertion]] ^ & against [[/insertion]] which the harems were located.
There were no seals on the grounds from which the soils were taken. It is not necessary to suppose that these grounds were rookery - ground. Very probably one or bath were hauling grounds a some time in the immediate past, as bands of bachelors roam about at the back of this rookery still -