The  male  fur  seals  under  the  age  of  6  years  are  not  allowed  to  land
upon  the  breeding  grounds  by  the  older  and  stronger  males,  and  so  are
compelled  to  herd  by  themselves.  These  seals  are  called  holluschickie
or  bachelors,  and  the  places  which  they  occupy  on  land  are  called  haul-
ing grounds,  in  contradistinction  to  the  breeding  rookeries.  It  is  from
this  class  of  seals  that  the  killable  seals  are  selected.
168  SKAL  LIFI:  ox  Tin:  PKIHILOF  ISLANDS.
llic  hauling"  grounds  are  located  <»n  the  low.  free  beaches  not  occu-
pied by  the  breeding  grounds,  or  else  inland  behind  the  harems.  In
the  lat.'er  case,  lanes  are  iel't  between  the  harems  by  the  old  bulls  for
the  bachelors  to  pass  to  and  from  ihe  sea.  In  ls7l'  I  noticed  one  of
these  lanes  on  the  I'olavina  rookery  and  the  one  at  Tolstoi  ami  the
two  at  the  li'eef  rookery,  but  when  1  rt  turned  in  1  s7  i  the  lanes  had
been  eiit  irely  closed  up.  Hut  the  other  locations  on  unoccupied  beaches
are  the  most  favored  hauling  grounds,  'fhe  bachelors  when  on  land
can  be  readily  separated  into  their  several  classes  as  to  age  by  the
color  of  their  coats  and  sizes.
