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Roys, Captain, measurement of Sulphufbot- 
tom by 70 
notice of "Bunckbacks" and Bowbeads. 60-61 
San Diego Bay Grampus 105 
Santa Barbara Island, bunting Sea Lions on. 132 
Scammon's Lagoon, California Grays in ... . 24 
' ' Scrimshawing " 275 
Scoresby, notice of Narwhal 108 
on number of whales killed 180 
Sea Elephant 115-123 
color of 116 
fishery, extent of at present day 123 
form of 116 
geographical distribution of 115 
habits of 117 
measurements of 115-116 
method of hunting at Herd's Island. 120-122 
mode of capturing 118 
names of animals of different ages 117 
their present places of resort 119 
time of gestation of 118 
Seal, Banded 140 
Fur 1 41-163 
external form of 144 
fishery of 148 
habits of 146 
haunts of 146 
manner of killing 160 
measurements of 142 
method of capturing. 153 
method of capturing by Indians... 154 
mode of curing skins of 161 
names for at different ages 141 
principal resorts of at present 155 
season of 151 
time of gestation 144 
use of flesh of 163 
value of as an article of commerce. 144 
value of skins 162 
whether producing more than one 
young at one time 144 
Sea Lion 124-139 
combats of for females 131 
commercial value of 135 
dimensions usually exaggerated 130 
form of 128 
genera and species of 124 
geographical distribution of 124 
habits of 130-135 
measurements of 128-129 
pu2iping season of 131 
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Sea Lion, skill of in leaping down rock. . . . 133 
their mode of capture on the Asiatic 
shores of the Pacific 137 
Seal, Leopard 164-107 
habits of 166 
how captm-ed 167 
size of K54 
Sea Otter, Indian mode of hunting 173 
" Sea squid " 80 
Sharpheaded Finner Whale 49-51 
Ships, outfits, and manner of taking the 
whale 216 
Shore -hunting of Sea Otter 172 
Smith, Captain, measurement of Bowhead 
Whale by 54 
South America, capture of the Sea Lion on 
its shores 138 
Southern Right Whale grounds 215 
Stillman, Dr. J. D. B., notice of a Sulphur- 
bottom Whale 71 
St. Paul's Island, Sea Lions on 136 
number of Fur Seals frequenting 1C1 
Striped or Common Porpoise 98 
Sperm Whale 74-84 
grounds 214 
Squareheaded Grampus 106 
Sulphurbottom Whale 70-73 
Swift, Captain J. H., notice of first capture 
of Bowbeads CO 
Tchantar Bay, whaling in 62 
Umbrella, cotton, used in capturing Sea 
Lions 136 
Walrus 176-181 
capture of 179 
contests of with Polar Bear ISO 
decrease in numbers of 181 
distribution of 178 
form of 176-177 
Whale, Arctic Bowhead, parasites of 57 
Bowhead, baleen of 55 
description of 52 
first taken in Behring Sea 213 
habitat of 57 
habits of 58 
herding-places of 59 
length of time under water 57 
manner of feeding 54 
measurements of 53 
oil and bone yield of 52 
when first taken in the Okhotsk Sea. 60 
breeding -places of 64 
