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pursuit. It was said in the village that there had only been one sikatch this season, but Nikanov informed me that so was not literally the case, the number having been five. Thus far he had secured 405 skins.
I was able to get very close to the grounds which were occupied by mothers and pups only. A good many of the latter were in the water - where of course quite a number of females also - but there was also quite a large pod of smaller pups right at the [[strikethrough]]  upper [[/strikethrough]] [[?]] edge of the herd. I was again impressed, as before in Kichutchuaja, by the action of the females and young 
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