FART XVIII. 



THE SEAL AND SEA-OTTER INDUSTRIES 



1. THE FUK-SEAL INDUSTRY OF THE PE1BYLOV ISLANDS, ALASKA. 



BY HENRY W. ELLIOTT. 



1. Discovery of the Pribylov Islands. 



2. Description of the Pnbylov Islands. 



:'. Description of the fur-seal rookeries of Saint Paul and 

 Saint George. 



4. The total number of seals on the islands. 



5. The increase or diminution of seal life, past, present, 



and prospective. 



6. Statistics of seals killed. 



?. The manner of taking the seals. 



8. Manner of raring for and shipping the skins. 

 0. Economic value of the skins, oil, and flesh of the fin- 

 seal. 



10. The Russian seal industry at the Pribylov Islands. 



11. The organization of the Russian American Fur Com- 



pany. 



12. The Alaska Commercial Company. 



13. The law protecting the seal islands. 



14. Comments upon the legislation of Congress. 



1'. THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF CAPE FLATTERY. WASHINGTON TERRITORY 



BY JAMES G. SWAN. 

 1. History, present condition, and methods of the fishery. | 2. Statistics of catch in 1880. 



3. THE ANTARCTIC FUR-SEAL AND SEA-ELEPHANT INDUSTRIES. 



BY A. HOWARD CLARK. 



1 . Origin and development of the industries. 



2. The sealing grounds. 



1!. Sealing vessels and crews. 



4. Methods of capture and of taking the skins and oil. 



.">. Statistical review. 



6. Eecoril of Antarctic .sealing voyages from 1783 to 1880. 



7. Narrative of an Antarctic sealing voyage in the ship 



Neptune, :796-'99. 



1. Capture of the sea-lion. 



4. THE SEA-LION HUNT. 

 BY HENRY W. ELLIOTT. 



| 2. Economic uses of the sea-lion. 



5. THE NORTH ATLANTIC SEAL FISHERY. 

 BY A. HOWARD CLARK. 



1 . The sealing grounds. 



2. American sealing vessels. 



3. The products. 



4. The seal hunt. 



6. THE SEA-OTTER FISHERY. 

 BY HENRY W. ELLIOTT. 



1. The discovery and geographical distribution of the 

 sea-otter. 



2. The habits of the sea-otter. 



3. Methods of capture. 



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