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base of right [[insertion]] ^ fore [[/insertion]] flipper.  A dead cow & a dead, decomposing bull in view (the latter seen before.) One or two dead pups, well back from the water.  A good many young bulls have taken possession of a few females, especially near the water, but their possession is of short [[strikethrough]] div [[/strikethrough]] & uncertain duration.
Bachelors wandering about back of the rookery-  The main mass of bachelors lying well to the east to-day.
On the sand of Lukannan bay some bulls hauled out but not more than some days ago.
At Kelaire hauling ground the bachelors have extended an angle well back into the 

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grass & some are wandering to & fro entirely on the grass; others at close up to the great rock (Sta. 14 1/2). Beyond southward, the bachelors extend scattered to the rocky ledge.  On the latter quite a number are sleeping.
On Lukannan saw some pups playing with red seaweed.
Many seals in the water in front of the rookeries but none far out.
The majority of pups very large but [[strikethrough]] saw [[/strikethrough]] a few quite small ones among them,- showing a difference in date of birth -