Diary, 1914, of trip with Wilfred Hudson Osgood and George Howard Parker to Pribilof Islands, Alaska
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Friday. August 7. The day everyone for caged all the shells and put their on the train for cleaning In the afternoon we hired out & went the morning and took a couple of miles on Gorbetch. 3 pups and Banks in the station August 8. Mr. Farnett drove from Gorseth Reef and killed manly for St. George 447 killed 1125 rejected 1572 A funnel died from exhaustion and we saved the skin as a specimen Sunday August 9. In the afternoon we went out on the Regan Plate and collected some Turbulent pups. Drowned a marriage in the Ruggs Church. It was followed by a dance in the evening August 10 Mr. Farnett had a good time from Folstoi 1898. We measured all killed with for length bone & Earl Brown and saved skulls 3 10 Seals killed 96 rejected 302 498