596 Gilmore FUR SEAL - Callorhinus alascanus (1) 1931 May 19 - off Fairweather Mt. just north of Cross Sound. 3 miles off shore. This evening 6:30 - 9:00 there were many fur seals in the waters. in pairs, threes, + fours. Identification is based on reliable opinion of all the old timers on board, particularly Mr. Wood, Chief Gunner. As he says, "the fur seal comes up to breath + look + goes under again in one continuous forward movement; while the har seal slips back under the surface when it goes under." Many of those seals were playing in the water, leaping several feet into the air, or rolling over with flippers waving. We then approached it within 100 yds, before they dove away. Sept. 2 just East St. Paul Is., Bering Sea. Fur seal were common in the sea as we cruised south with St. Paul Is & St. George Is on our Starboard bow beam all day. The herds of seal were