602 SUBJECT-INDEX. 



Decrease— Continued. Page. 

 Opinions of Makah Indians as to cause of. (See Opinions of Indians as to 

 cause of.) 



Opinions of pelagic sealers as to cause of 321 



Period of stagnat ion before 269 



Shown by reduction of quota 274 



Testimony of Indian hunters as to 313 



Testimony of pelagic sealers as to 321 



Decrease of seal herd. (See Decrease.) 

 Departure from islands : 



Of bachelors 161 



Of bulls 142 



Of cows 157 



Of pups 127 



Dependence of pup upon its mother 127 



Deponents, their positions, occupations, and experience 1 



Destruction of female seals: 



American furriers, testimony of, as to 413 



British furriers, testimony of, as to 410 



French furriers, testimony of, as to 411 



Pelagic scalers, testimony of. as to 422 



Destruction of nursing females 451 



Destruction of pregnant females 429 



Disorganization of tbe rookeries 141 



Distance the cows go in feeding. (See Feeding excursions.) 



Distinction between Alaskan and Russian seal herds 92 



Disturbance of breeding seals 230 



Dogs killed on the islands. (See also Disturbance of breeding seals.) 28 



Domestication and control of the seals 217 



Drive. (See Driving.) 



Driving 235 



Care taken not to overheat seals while 236, 2 1 1 



Improvement over Russian method of 251 



Longest; under American control 253 



Longest; under Russian control 253 



Long ; stopped 253 



On Commander Islands more severe than on Pribilof 238, 242 



Slowness of 239 



Duties on Alaskan skins imported into the United Stales. (See Loss to United 



States.) 

 Employe's : 



In Canada and London 589 



In United States 589 



Enumeration of seals impossible 88 



Examination of catches of vessels seized 427 



Examination of dead pups. (See Cause of death of pups.) 



Examination of pelagic catch of 1892 419 



Falkland Islands, protection of seals at 488 



Fasting of the bulls on the rookeries 140 



Feeding: 



Excursions for 149 



Manner of. (See Feeding excursions.) 



Very little, by bachelors 159 



Female seals, destruction of: 



Testimony of American furriers as to 413 



