412 SUBJECT-INDEX OF CASE. 



Naturalists, opinions of — Continued. Page. 



Dr. P. L. Sclater 240 



Dr. Rapliael Blancliard 241 



Professor Lilljeborg 241 



Professor Nordenslciold 241 



Professor T. H. Huxley 240 



Naval vessels. (/See Cruisers.) 



New Archangel, founding of 28 



Newfoundland regulations j)i"otecting liair seals 225 



New Zealand, protection of seals at 222 



Noonarbo(dc, island of 71 



Nootka Sound controversy 30 



Nootka Sound convention 40 



{See also Treaty of 1790 between Great Britain and Spain.) 



Northeastern Sea. (See also Bering Sea, other names for) .35 



North Pacific Ocean, necessity of protecting seal herd in 251 



Northwest catch. (See Pelagic catch). 

 Northwest Coast of America : 



American and British trade on the " 51 



American competition for 32 



Claims to 26 



British competition for 29 



Early competition for 26 



Portion of, thrown open to trade for ten years 58 



Protests against Eussia's claim to, in 1821 50 



Russian competition for 26 



Russia relinquished claim to large portion of, by treaties of 1824 and 1825 58 



Spanish competition for 29 



Visited by Cook in 1778 29 



Northwest Company.. , 29 



Norton Sound 12,24 



Norwegian legislation 236 



Number of dead pups in 1891 214 



Number of male seals, killing of, a benefit 154 



Number of seals allowed to be killed 153 



Number of seals lost of those killed 195 



Number of seals to be killed lixed by Secretary of the Treasury 136 



Occupation of owners of sealing vessels 284 



Officers of Imperial navy employed by Russian American Company 36 



Okhotsk, Sea of, Russian seal herd winters in 129 



Open-sea sealing. (iS'ee Pelagic sealing.) 

 Other seal herds : 



Destruction of 218 



Destruction of, caused by indisiriniinatc killing 219 



O tter Island, sketch of 17 



Outfit of sealing vessels 189 



