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(cont.)  Ft. & 10/10
Nose to eye 0.4
" " [[Dittos for: Nose to]] ear 0.8
" " [[Dittos for: Nose to]] margin of lip 0.175 scant
Length of mouth 0.325
Girth at eyes (hair pressed) 1.55
" [[Ditto for: Girth]] behind ear (" [[Ditto for: hair pressed]] ) 2.25
Shoulder girth 5.3
Girth in front of hind flipper 2.0
Head of tibia bend of limb }3.1
[[strikethrough]] Girth of hin [[/strikethrough]] flipper }
Girth at head of tibia 3.4

[[underlined]] Aug 14. 1895 [[/underlined]]
Watched Dr. Voss & Mr. Judge shooting] near ice-house lake killing-ground. The hauling-ground of Lukannon was in plain sight & wind flowing toward it. The hunters shot seven or eight 

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times & I saw a slight movement on the part of the seals, but nothing that could be called a genuine alarm or panic.
[[underlined]] Aug [[/underlined]] 15. [[underlined]] 1895 [[/underlined]].

About [[strikethrough]] T [[/strikethrough]] Tolstoi- This rookery has changed greatly since I last saw it. The cows have climbed up beyond Townsend's recent marks in several places & one group (to be watched against presently) was up at the great rock at the top of the hillside-
The bachelors have almost deserted the hauling-ground immediately adjoining the rookery on the north- There were only 80 there today. On the hillside & beach beyond were 330 more. I