SUBJECT-INDEX. 603 



Female seals, destruction of — Continued. Page. 



Testimony of British furriers as to 410 



Testimony of French farriers as to 411 



Testimony of pelagic sealers as to 422 



Female seals, protection of, by lessees 223 



Fertilization, powers of bull in 137 



Firearms: 



Forbidden on islands. (See Disturbance of breeding seals.) 



Used by white hunters 354 ; 362 



Used iu pelagic sealing 336 



Fleet of sealing vessels. (See Sealing fleet.) 



l'i »gs in Bering Sea , 526 



Food of the seals 148 



French furriers, testimony of, as to destruction of females 411 



Furriers: 



American, opinions of, as to the need of protection 496 



American, testimony of, as to number of females in pelagic catch 413 



British, opinions of, as to need of protection 494 



British, testimony of, as to pelagic catch 410 



French, opinions of, as to need of protection 495 



French, testimony of, as to pelagic catch 411 



Gaff, used by pelagic sealers. (See Pelagic sealing, sinking.) 



Gestation, period of 143 



Gray pups 104 



Guadalupe Islands, seals of, a different species from Alaskan seals 208 



Guns. (.See Firearms.) 

 Habits: 



Of the Alaskan seal 77 



(See Fribilof Islands; Alaskan seal herd; Pups; Bulls; Cows; Bache- 

 lors; Migration.) 

 Harems : 



Cow's' life in the 143 



Disorganization of the 14 1 



Number of cows in the 134 



Organization of 134 



Hauling grounds 88 



Home of the fur-sea 1 81 



Hunters. (See Indian hunters and Pelagic sealers.) 



Hunting, manner of, seals by Indians 346, 351 



Improvement over Russian methods of taking seals 251 



Inability of pup to swim 106 



Increase 257 



Ceased in 1880 267 



How determined 91 



How shown 257 



Resulting from American management 257 



Increase of seal herd. (See Iucrease.) 



Increase of sealing fleet 327 



jndian hunters: 



Description of spear, canoe, and manner of hunting by 346, 351 



Lose very few seals struck. (See also Percentages lost of seals struck.) 346 



Opinions of, as to need of protection 501 



Indians: 



Catch of, along coast 331 



Employed as hunters prior to 1885 331 



