CONTENTS. IX 



Decrkase op the Alaskan seal herd — Continued. Page. 



Indian linnters 179 



Wliite sealers 181 



Increase of sealing fleet 183 



Comparison of sealing fleet and decrease 186 



Pelagic sealing: 



History 187 



Sealing by coast Indians 187 



Vessels used 187 



Introduction of firearms 188 



Method 189 



Vessels, outfit, etc 189 



Indian hunters 189 



White hunters 190 



Eesults 190 



Waste of life 190 



Wounding 191 



Sinking 194 



Percentage lost of those killed 195 



Destruction of female seals 196 



Testimony of British furriers 198 



Other British testimony 200 



Canadian testimony 201 



Testimony of American furriers 202 



Examination of pelagic catch of 1892 203 



Testimony of pelagic sealers 205 



Examination of catch of vessels seized 206 



Destruction of pregnant females 207 



Reason pregnant females are taken 208 



Destruction of nursing females 209 



Dead pups on the rookeries 212 



No dead pups prior to 1884 212 



Time of appearance of dead pups 213 



Number of dead pups in 1891 214 



Cause of death of pups 215 



Eifects of pelagic sealing 216 



Protection and pkeservation : 



Other seal herds 218 



Destruction of 218 



The Russian herd 220 



British protection of the seal 221 



Falkland Islands 221 



New Zealand 222 



Cape of Good Hope 224 



British protection of hair-seal 225 



Newfoundland regulations 225 



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