GOG SUBJECT-INDEX. 



Paga 



Pelagic sealing -»-• 331 



Age of vessels engaged in. (See .Sealskin industry: Canadian invest- 

 ment, in 1890.) 



Attitude of seals when aimed at 377 



Canadian investment in 1890 587 



Cause of decrease 305 



Destruction of female seals by 410 



Destruction of nursing females by 451 



Destruction of pregnant females by 429 



Distance of, from islands. (See Prohibition of pelagic sealing within a 

 /juie.) 



Firearms introduced in 33G 



History of 331 



Indian hunters, manner of 331, 346 



Indians employed as hunters prior to 1885 331 



Indiscriminate slaughter 366 



Methods of 337 



Percentage of seals lust — general statement 379 



Percentage of seals lost of those killed by 385 



Percentage lost of seals struck ! «S! I 



Eesults of 306 



Seals lost by sinking 404 



Seals lost by wounding 402 



Speculative 590 



Two ways in which a seal may bo killed by, and not secured. (Sec 

 Pelagic sealing: Results.) 



Vessels, outfit, etc 337 



Vessids used in 334 



Waste of life by. (See Pelagic sealing : Results. ) 



Weapons 362 



White hunters, manner of 354 



Percentage of female seals taken by pelagic sealers 410 



Percentage of nursing tenia Irs destroyed by pelagic s aling 451 



Percentage of pregnant females destroyed by pelagic sealing 429 



Pereeni age of seals lost of those killed 385 



Period of gestation 143 



Podding 1-4 



Of seals on killing grounds. (See I iiling. ) 

 Preservation of seal herd. (See Protection of seal herd.) 



Pribilof Islands 77 



Climate 77 



Decrease as seen on .' 269 



Home of the fur-seal 81 



Natives, condition of. (Set Condition of nativ< . 



Rookeries 87, 88 



Si. George Island 86 



St. Paul Island 86 



Prohibition of pelagic sealing: 



Absolute, u icessary 50S 



During a close season 517 



In Bering Sea 522 



Limited. (.See Protection: a close season, et scq.) 



Within a zone 525 



Prohibition of use of firearms 522 



