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[[underlined]] Aug, 16. 1895 [[/underlined]] Cold stormy day, rain & wind from East. Looked at bachelors on Zoltoi & saw that a fair proportion of them were on land, but mostly on the hillside, - few on the sand - Over at the reef little clouds of steam hung over the areas on the hill slope that are accepted by seals, - giving a very curious appearance - Went to Kelaire. Surf very high - Seals all high up, even to the top of the hill as sta. 14. The bulls of fam. nos. 1 & 2 have left. The upper ones are still there & three or four younger ones have come in- [[end page]] [[start page]] Saw 60 cows to 25 pups in one place & 100 cows to 25 pups in another. Pups largely down at the water but none swimming- too rough- Bachelors lying about the top of sta. 14 & also on the cairn - bluff. Pups in good fat condition. [[strikethrough]] Few [[/strikethrough]] No new dead ones. Aug, 22[[superscript]] d [[/superscript]] - 1895. Went sketching at black bluff piniacle & found the pups swimming there in considerable numbers & landing on the rocks about the piniacle. They were not frightened until I got within a few feet of them. They swim well now & bolt