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hidex to report of BeJiring Sea Commission, etc. — Continued. 



Coal sold to nati^'e^ — 



High price of 



Coast Catch 



Cod- 

 Numerous near BehriDg Island 



Coition 



Possible at sea, but usual on land 



Commander Islands- 

 Date of discovery 



Diflerent from Pribylofl" Islands 



Length of drives on 



Migrations little recorded 



Physical characteristics of 



Protection against raids on 



Sales of skins in London 



Seal-killing in early years on 



Seals arrive lal er than on PribylofF Islands 



" seen all the winter in miht seasons 



Skins taken for sliipment 



Communication between seals on Pribyloff and Commander 



Islands {iec also Intermingling) 



Composition of Catcli (see Pelagic Sealing)— 



Evidence of sealing captains 



Percentage of bearing females 



Copper Ishand — 



Description of 



Kookeiies on 



Yearlings scarce on, in 1891 



Cows {see also Cows suckling) — 



Age when first pup is born 



Arrival on Islands 



Date of first going to feed 



Distances they go to feed 



Travel rapidly in Behring Sea when in pup 



Cows suckling — 



Killed at sea 



Natives say they do not eat 



Remain as a rule close to shore 



Keiiiarks as to theory 



Tlieir own young. Analogy of other animals 



Views of P'rofessor Elliott 



Currents in North Pacific Ocean 



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D. 



Dall, Mr— 



Early history of Aleutian Islands 



Dates of arrival of seals on islands 



Dead pups — 



Autopsy by Dr. Acland (Akerly) 



" by Dr. Giinther 



Exceptional in 1891 



None on St. George's Island 



Not due to pelagic sealing 



On North-east Point rookery 



On Tolstoi rookery , 



Opinion of Mr. Fowler , 



Opinions of natives as to causes of 



Probable causes of 



Decrease — 



AfWrmed 



Chiefly of males on islands 



May be arrested by Regulations 



Not entirely due to pelagic sealing 



Not observed at sea 



On Coniniander Islands 



On land, observed in 1880 



On Pribyloff Islands 



Origin and progress of , 



Deer-breeding— 



Analogous to seal-breeding. Information from Earl Brown- 

 low 



Departure of seals from islands 



Depletion (see also Extermination) — 



Greater danger of, on shore 



Less danger of, at sea 



Depositions (see Affidavits). 

 Destruction — 



Nat ural causes of 



Derereux, Captain G. — 



Seals on coast of Vancouver 



Diagrams (.<^ee also Maps) — 



Comparison of pelagic and island catch in one season 



" of numbers killed on land and sea from early 

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