2V TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Haijits of the Alaskan seal — Continued. 



The cows — Continued. Page. 



Number of pups at a birth 143 



Nourishes only her own pup 144 



Death of cow causes death of pup 146 



Feeding 148 



Food 148 



Feeding excursions 149 



Speed in swimming 157 



Departure from the islands 157 



The bachelors: 



Arrival at the islands 158 



The killable class 159 



Feeding 159 



Mingling with the cows 160 



Departure from the islands 161 



Migration of the herd: 



Causes 161 



The course 164 



Manner of traveling 186 



Herd does not land except on Pribilof Islands 188 



Herd does not enter inland waters 195 



The Russian herd 208 



Management of the seal rookeries: 



The slaughter of 1S6S 211 



American management: 



The lease of 1870 212 



Condition of the natives: 



Under the Russian Company 213 



Under American control — Improvement 214 



The seals: 



Control and domestication 217 



Protection of females 223 



The killable class 228 



Disturbance of breeding seals 230 



Number killed 232 



Manner of taking 234 



Driving 235 



Overdriving and redriving 247 



Improvement over Russian methods of taking 251 



Killing 254 



Salting and kenching 256 



Increase 257 



Decrease of the Alaskan seal herd: 



Evidence of decrease: 



Period of stagnation 269 



On Pribilof Islands 269 



Along the coast 282 



Cause : 



Lack of male life not the cause 291 



Raids on rookeries not the cause 296 



Management of rookeries not the cause 301 



Excessive killi ug the admitted cause 304 



