SUBJECT-INDEX OF CASE. 399 



Bering Sea: Page. 



Boundaries of 11 



Dimensions of 11 



Discovery of shores and islands of 20 



Fishing rights in, not thrown open by treaties of 1824 and 1825 51-57, 61-70 



Fogs in - 19,261 



Foreign trade or hunting in, prohibited by Eussia 42, 51 



Geographical sketch of 11-15 



Islands in 14 



Jurisdiction over, always exercised for protaction of fur-seals 44, 57 



Jurisdiction over easterly part of, transferred to the United States 70, 76 



Jurisdiction over, not exercised for all purposes 57 



Location of 11 



Not included in term " Pacilic Ocean " 52, 51, 297, 302 



Occupation of shores of 20 



Other names for -_ 53 



Pelagic sealing in, prohibited by Eussia 44, 47 



Population of shores of - 15 



Portion of, ceded to the United States 70, 76 



Proclamation of President relating to 83 



Prohib'ition of pelagic sealing in 256 



Protests not directed against jurisdiction over 50 



San Diego enters, in 1883 188 



Sealing vessels did not enter, before decrease began 185 



Shallow j)ortipn of 14 



Ukase of 1821, declaratory of Eussia's rights in 41 



Vessels seized in 82 



When shores of, became Eussian territory 25 



(See also Jurisdiction over Bering Sea; Ukase of 1821; United States; 

 Eussia.) 



Bering Sea Commission: 



Eeport of, as to cause of decrease 177 



(See also American Bering Sea Commissioners.) 



Bering Strait 12 



Discovery of 21 



Bering, Vitus : 



First expedition of 20 



Second expedition of 21 



Birth of pups 98 



Aquatic, impossible 102 



Number at 113 



On kelp beds, impo-ssible 104 



Time of 98 



Birthrate not affected by killing certain number of male seals 154 



Black pups 99 



