12 TABLK OF CONTENTS. 



CIIAPTKK IX. TIIK THEORY OK OVERDRIVING Continued, p;,^,.. 



The Russian drives ll!8 



The drive from Northeast Point 128 



The American drives 12t$ 



The drives greatly shortened 129 



Reef driveway l-'M 



The character of the route 129 



The length of the drive 130 



Comparison of drives 130 



The Commander driveways 130 



Zapadni 130 



Palata 131 



No evil results from these drives 131 



Care exercised in driving 131 



The fur seal not ill-adapted to land travel 131 



The " carcass-strewn " driveways lit* 



Fatalities on the drives 132 



Injuries to bachelors could not affect herd 132 



The impossibility of sexual injury 133 



Voluntary movements of the males 133 



Driving not a factor in the decline KfcJ 



CHAPTER X. \n i ..1:1. POSSIBLE CHANGE OF HABITS: 



Migration to Commander Islands 13-1 



The fixity of habits 134 



The seal's low intelligence 134 



Contact with man has had no effect i:;.~> 



Alteration of conditions 135 



The bachelors of Bering Island 135 



Arbitrary selection of males 136 



The effect of decline 136 



Possibility of driving the seals elsewhere 136 



The abandonment of Spilki 137 



The presence of the village not the cause 137 



Exposed condition of Lagoon rookery 137 



The real cause of the abandonment 137 



< >i igin of Lagoon and Spilki 138 



Abandonment of Marunichen 138 



Elliott's theory for Si vutch rookery 138 



Switch overlooked in 1872-1874 138 



The notions of the Aleuts 139 



These notions shared by Government agents 139 



The policy of seclusion detrimental ' 140 



Intelligent inspection not wanton invasion 140 



Inspection not harmful 140 



Relations of man have not affected the seals 141 



CHAPTER XI. PELAGIC SEALING, OH KILLING AT SEA: 



The nature of pelagic sealing 142 



The hunting of the Indians U2 



Introduction of white men and vessels Ill' 



The expansion of the industry 142 



The use of firearms 143 



The modus vivendi 143 



The regulations of the Paris award 1 1:: 



The sealing vessels 143 



Methods of sealing Ill 



The seals as found 144 



Methods of capture the spear 144 



