ANALYSIS, 



Page. 



A. Introduction. 



1. History and objects of the memoir 5 



B. Geographical Distribution. 



2. Geographical distribution of the fur-seal 6 



C. The Pribylov Islands. 



3. Discovery of the Pribylov islands. [See also 31.] - 



4. Description of the Pribylov islands. [See also 25-33.] 9 



D. The Occupants of the Islands. 



5. The natives of the islands. [See also 39 F.] 19 



6. The Alaska Commercial Company. [See also 37.] . 24 



7. The business concerned 26 



E. The Seal-Life on the Pribylov Islands. 



8. The hair-seal.... 28 



9. Life-history of the fur-seal 29 



10. The "holluschiekie" or "bachelor" seals — a description 43 



11. Description of the fur-seal rookeries of St. Paul and St. George 48 



12. Manner of taking the seals '" 



13. Manner of caring for and shipping the fur-seal skins. [See also 4.] 76 



14. Economic value of the skins, oil, and flesh of the fur-seal 80 



F. The Sea-Lion, Eumctopias Stcllcri. 



15. Life-history of the sea-lion - 81 



16. Capture of the sea-lion 89 



17. Economic nses of the sea-lion — 91 



G. The Wairus OP Bering Sea, Odobcenus obesus. 



18. Life-history of the walrus -. 92 



H. The Reproduction of the Fur-Seal, Sea-Lion, and Walrus. 



19. Reproduction of the fur-seal 102 



20. Reproduction of the sea-lion 108 



21. Reproduction of the walrus 108 



I. Illustrative and Supplemental Notes. 



22. The Russian seal-islands, Bering and Copper, or the Commander group 109 



23. St. Matthew island and its relation to St. Paul 115 



24. Digest of the data in regard to the fur-seal rookeries of the South Atlantic and Pacific, and number of skins taken 



therefrom 117 



25. Catalogue of the mammals of the Pribylov group 124 



26. Catalogue of the birds of the Pribylov group 125 



27. Catalogue of the fishes of the Pribylov group 136 



28. Notes on the invertebrates 137 



29. Notes on the plants 138 



30. Veniaminov on the Russian seal-industry at the Pribylov islands 140 



31. Veniaminov's account of the discovery of the Pribylov islands 145 



32. History of the organization of the Russian- American Fur Company 148 



33. Meteorological abstract for the mouths, from September, 1872, to April, 1873, inclusive 149 



34. The method of dressing the fur-seal skiu - 151 



35. Bering, not Behring I'd 



36. The law protecting the seal-islands 153 



37. The organization and regulations of the Alaska Commercial Company -. 154 



38. Comments upon the legislation of Congress 157 



39. Paragraphs of reference relative to subjects discussed in the preceding memoir, and referred to as "Note 39" 158 



40. Fiual notes and tables relative to the value, protection, and growth of the fur-seal; aud the revenue derived from that 



industry on the Pribylov islands 165 



Glossary; 



41. Definition of technical terms and Russian nomenclature, used by the author in the preceding monograph 17:! 



42. Weights, measures, aud values, l~5 



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