1873 8,190 1874 9,449 1875 9,204 1876 11,353 1877 11,066 1878 14,493 1879 14,093 1880 16,382 1881 14,473 1882 13,595 1883 12,483 1884 14,872 1885 12,245 1886 17,072 1887 17,788 1888 21,150 1889 15,700 1890 20,150 1891 13,871 1892 15,870 1893 14,779 1894 20,763 1895 17,471 _____________|__________________ | | Island Coronilla Island Lobos 1896 11,096 12,543 1897 9,091 10,143 1898 8,908 8,778 1899 9,339 7,796 1900 8,983 9,845 1901 8,023 8,215 1902 9,785 11,468 1903 5,899 7,929 1904 5,114 5,765 1905 2,246 3,387 1906 4,871 7,212 1907 2,880 7,612 The islands inhabited by seals on the coast of Uruguay are: Castillos Rocks 4 small islands Polonio 3 " Paloma 2 " Lobos 2 " The Castillos Rocks are very difficult of access on account of the heavy swell breaking on them. The Polonio group consists of three small islands lying directly off the cape of same name, and are called Raza, Encantado, and De Marco. The sealers' huts and boiling-house are on the mainland in a small bay to the north-east of the lighthouse. The seals when killed on these islands are skinned with the inside lining of fat attached and are brought on shore, when the inside lining of fat is taken off and boiled down. The dead carcasses are left on the island, and in my opinion the presence of so many dead seals destroyed by human agency must have some effect upon those animals frequenting these islands, making them wary and cautious in returning again to a place where the remains of their companions are so visible. Coronilla Islands consist of two large islands, covered with herbage, and one small "_islote_," or reef, generally awash with the sea. On the largest of these islands the sealers live during the season for the purpose of salting the skins and boiling down the carcass of the seals for oil. At the end of the season the skins and oil are brought into Montevideo by tug-boats.