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Appendix D: Early Account of Steller Sea Lions
Pages 190-192

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From page 190...
... EDIT D Early Account of Staller Sea Lions a: ~ E^' ~~ a. K ~7 CoNecho~s -~e /" Base Befogs" fig ~~ 1677 ~~d 1661' Report IU' n.w.
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... - ~ The natives of the Seal Islands claim that nearly seventy Rears ago the sea-lions alone occupied nearly all of the shore line of Saint George Island, and numbered several hundred thousand individuals. By direction of the Russians they were driven off repeatedly until they led the place, and the shore was then occupied by fur seals.
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