332 REPORT OF BRITISH COMMISSIONERS. 



Index to report of Behring Sea Commission, etc. — Contiuued. 



Paragraph. 



Pago. 



Seal Logs — 



Kept by Her Majesty's and United States cruizers in 1891 .. 

 Seals feeding (see also Food) — 



Doubtful wlietlier by night or day 



Seals {see aho Fur-seal) — 



Methods of enumerating 



Sinking when sliot 



" Loss of by, exaggerated 



" Views of Profe.ssor Allen as to 



Sea-otter, Observations on 



Breed all the year round 



Catch of, in Jai>an 



Could be protected more easily than the fur-seal 



Former rookery of, at Cape Lopatka 



Inadequate protection of, by United States Government 



Large number of, in early days 



Not properly pelagic 



Only remaining rookery is on Copper Island 



Value of skins of 



Seecatchie (see Bulls). 



Seizures of Sealiug-vessels by United States Government — 



l)ateof first seizure 



Summary of 



Sexes^ 



Requisite proportion of 



Slianghae— 



Keply to inquiries from 



Sheep— 



Analogous to seals in breeding habits 



Habits when siu'kling 



Shot found in seals killed on islands 



Skins — 



Average price in London. 1871-91 



Bought from Indians mostly "grey pups " or smalls 



Classed in Loudon more by qiuility tliau origin 



Copper Island, sales of 



Diil'erences between "Alaska" and "Copper" 



From Cape Horn 



" Cape of Good Hope 



" Commander Islands (1862-91) 



" Lobos Islands 



Marketing of 



North- west coast catch, distinguished by shot and spear marks 

 " " sale of 



Obtained from Indians (1852-90) 



Of "stagey" and pup seals unmerchantable 



Ship men t of, no evidence of fraud 



Weight of 



"Weight of, on islands 



" " Reduction in since 1888 



Southern Hemisphere — 



Account of fur-seals in earlj' times 



Fur-seal fisheries of 



" " Falkland Islands destroyed by Ameri- 

 can vessels 



South Sea Sealing — 



No analogy with pelagic se.iling 



Spears used by Indians for killing seals 



"Stagey" season 



Period of 



" Stagey " skins — 



J^ever taken at sea 



Unmerchantable 



Stampedes — 



Deatli of pups caused by 



Starry Art eel Itookery, St. George Island 



Stones found In stomachs (see Food). 

 Suckling {see also Cows) — 



Cows will suckle young of other cows at Cape of Good Hope 



Habits during time of 



Swan, Judge- 

 Letters from ^ 



Thinks seals are found near Cape Flattery all the year round 



T. 



Table showing normal increase of seals 



Tasmania — 



Protective Regulations in 



Replv to inquiries from 



Tax on skins paid to United States Government, increase of... 



Time limit {see Close Season) 



Tolstoi Rookery, St. Paul Island 



210 



310 



357-376 



613-G:!0 



613 



630 



459-469 



460 



464 

 467 

 468, 469 

 460 

 461 

 465 

 459 



590 

 109 



292-294 



325 

 628 



182 

 653 



902, 903 

 653 



74 



670 



671 



694-703 



697 



844-854 

 834-901 



597 



563 



202, 281 



133 



134, 031, 632 

 74 



74, 331-333 

 257 



317-325 



695 



130-138 



256 



180 

 184 



216 

 155 

 214 

 215 



216, 21 

 213 



83, 190-192 

 155, 156 



155 

 172-177 



158 

 158, 159 



