INDEX. 725 



Seals— Continued. Page. 



Islands frequented by 27 



Killable, scarcity of 411 



Land travel, method of 117, 399 



Law protecting 127 



Life history of 44 



Life on rookeries 377 



Loss of, by pelagic hunters 523 



Male, descrijition of 44 



Male, unattached 56 



Manner of computing number of 78, 172, 332 



Manner of taking 114, 115, 118 



Memoranda concerning 507 



Mortality of, in 1836 77 



Movements of, in fntuie 379 



Number taken by pelagic sealers, 1886-1890 536 



Number taken from 1817 to 1837 445 



Number taken in 1890 on islands, daily statement 532, 533 



Number taken on Commander Islands, 1871-1890 536 



Number taken on Pribilof Islands, 1868-1890 529 



Number taken on St. Paul, 1835 to 1854 445 



Official notes on driving of 517 



Oil of 133 



Parasites of 265 



Peculiarities of distribution 326 



Pelage, change in 117 



Pelagic birth of, erroneous statements 272 



Pup, change of coat 64 



Pup, description of 59, 64 



Eange of vision of 65 



Regulations, suggested, for driving and killing 538 



Season of killing 275 



Shedding the hair 408 



Size and weight of 44,58,73,126,274,336,407 



Skinning, method of 119 



Sleeping aiioat 53 



Space occupied by, on rookeries 79, 333, 336 



Species, enumeration of 41 



Stagey season 72 



Time of arrival on rookeries, 1870-1890 378 



Vitality of 60 



Voice of 51 



Young, learning to swim 62 



Young, loss of life of 102 



Sealskins. (<See Skins.) 



Shipwreck of Bering 188 



Siberia, suggested establishment of a purchasing station for reindeer in 651 



Sites of abandoned seal rookeries 109 



Sitka, Alaska: 



Industrial training school at 557 



Population of 579 



Schools at 579 



Size and weight of seals 44,58,73,126,274,336,407 



Size and weight of skins '. 503 



Size of harems 56 



Skins: 



Method of dressing 249 



Number taken and prices, 1883 269 



Number taken by Alaska Commercial Company, 1870-1889 531 



Number taken on Commander Islands for shipment, 1862-1880 187 



Number taken on Pribilof Islands, 1868-1890 529 



Number taken on Pribilof Islands for shipment and sale, 1797-1880 115 



Packing for shipment 126 



Permanent value of 250 



Raw, average weight of 126 



Raw, curing of 125 



Reason why they are sold in London 132 



Reindeer, value of 573 



Size and weight of 503 



