TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



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 Treaty of Arbitration of 1892: 



First live articles 1 



Questions submitted 2 



Eegulations for protection of seals 3 



Question of fact may be submitted 4 



Modus Vivendi of 1892 4 



Question of damages 5 



Printed Case of the United States 6 



Division of Case 6 



Furtlier provision of treaty 7 



Joint Commission to investigate seal-life 7 



Reports of Commissioners 8 



Appendix 8 



PART FIRST, 



relating to historical and jurisdictional questions. 



Geographical Sketch of Bering Sea: 



Location, boundaries, and dimensions 11 



Bering Strait 12 



Eastern boundary of Bering Sea 12 



Northern and western boundary 12 



Southern boundary peninsula of Alaska 13. 



Southern boundary Aleutian Islands 13 



Islands in Bering Sea 14 



Large portion very shallow 14 



Population, vegetation, and commercial products 15 



III 



