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not to go around to the village this evening but to anchor up in a safer place somewhat to the east of the rookery. -
In view of the above mentioned "scraping and raking" of the rookeries for the last killable seal - and particularly in view of the fact that this is not the first year that it takes place, Mr. [[Lalavanski?]] having this morning assured me that it has been thus for every one of the last two or three years - the question which he propounded to me [[strikethrough]] this [[/strikethrough]] tonight certainly becomes pertinent. "Where do the killable seals of ^[[insertion]] the [[/insertion]] next year come from?" If every bachelor
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