Wm.B. Richardson 1941 General Account 5 Aboard the Telero III on our course that instead of cruising at Cedros as I had expected we might & we went to the San Benitos Islands west of Cedros Island. On the lea of the islands we anchored and a group of us went ashore on East San Benito Isl. It was a rather low but rugged island with a low vegetation of shrubs and hulaucina plants and numerous rocky outcrops. On the beach were sea lions and the elephant seal. The seal colors were large and despite the fact that Dr. Powers Dog food company had been there some time ago collecting meat. There were numerous old carcasses lying on the shore as evidence of the slaughter. The young of the seals were well developed with the younger adults greasy and shifting for themselves. The sea elephant or large sluggish creatures of many getting little dog food men. They made little a no effort to get away from us but preferred to remain quiet on the beach running themselves. Their (B) large casers showed many scars of their various battle and many still had scars