Wyey Phil 1974 Journal 7 Barrington Bay, Isla Barrington Galapagos, Ecuador 21 Jan My mate & I had to sleep outside, wind. The sea lions have evidence been present in large #s for a considerable amount of time judging from the scurion the rocks they drag themselves over. They are very persistent in this often going 20 or 30 feet or more from the water edge & climbing to heights of at least 10 or 15 feet on rocks. They strongly prefer certain rocks, or at least [illegible] certain rocks are well worn & shiny while most are not. Probably 500-600 individuals. There were bones of numerous dead sea lions on the beach & no fresh carcas. I picked up several skulls of young animals, all rotten pretty across the rostrum. We saw only one at after dark. Others have reported them as being a serious nuisance to campers due to their Elusiveness & lack of fear. We saw none of this. Talked to a graduate student named Clark working on Rattios Dumeray, but who had time consisting of the Barrington organism. Based on hair trapping to exhaustion, of a grid plus trapping & transect thru various habitat, to get an idea of habitat preferences, they estimate the total population to be in the order of 200,000 - 500,000 sets. They decide that currently the population is