TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



III. THK HOME OK THK Fru SK.M.S Continued. 



A. The Pribilof Islands Continued, rage. 



Sivntch Rock :u 



The climate 32 



No good harbors :!l' 



Vegetation ;;:: 



The mammals :>:'. 



Tin- birds :;:5 



Inhabitants :>:> 



Conditions in RusMan days 34 



Conditions in American days 3-1 



The handling of the seals 34 



The support of the Aleuts 3."> 



The Government agents '.K> 



B. The fur-seal rookeries 36 



The breeding grounds ;{( 



The hauling grounds 36 



The St. I 'a ul rookeries .' 36 



\ r ostochni 36 



Morjovi 37 



Polovinu 37 



1 .11 U a 1 1 i 1 1 38 



Kitovi 38 



Reef 38 



Sivutch Rock 38 



(mi-batch 39 



Ardiguen :>! 



Spilki 40 



Lagoon 40 



Tolstoi 40 



/apadni 40 



Little Zapadni 40 



Zapadni Reef 41 



.Maruuielien 41 



The St. George rookeries 41 



/apadni 41 



Staraya Artel 41 



North 42 



Little East 42 



East 42 



CHAITEK IV. THK Fru SEAL OK SEA BKAK: 



Its relatives i:> 



The sea bear and true seal 43 



The fur seals of the Antarctic 43 



The fur seals of the North Pacific II 



Steller's account 44 



The three herds 44 



The Pribilof herd 44 



The Komandorski herd II 



The Robben Island herd I.", 



Three distinct species 45 



Callorhinus alascanus 4f> 



Callorliinus ursinus 45 



Callorhinus curilensis 45 



The nomenclature of the fur seal 46 



The categories of seals 46 



The male 46 



