422 SUBJECT-INDEX OF CASE. 



Sealskins — Continiiecl. Page. 



Number of, imported iuto Uuited States 270 



Price in London market of 271 



Salting tlie 163 



Sex of the animals can be told from 198 



Seizures : 



Eft'ects of, on sealing iieet 184 



Of vessels in Bering Sea 82 



Separate reports of Commissioners 8 



Sex of seals can not be distinguished in the water 197 



Sbolikof, settled Kadiak Island 26 



Shores of Bering Sea : 



Discovery of .- 20 



Occupation of 20 



When became Russian territory 25 



Shotgun. ((See Firearms.) 



Sinking of seals killed by pelagic sealers 194 



Sinking, use of gaff to secure seals 194 



Sitlca, founding of 28 



Skins. (See Sealskins.) 



Slaughter of 18Q,8 132 



240,000 bachelors killed 133 



Slaughter of seals prior to 1799 ISO 



South Sea. (See Pacific Ocean.) 



Spain : 



Treaty of 1790 between Great Britain and. (Sec Treaty of 1790 between 



Great Britain and Spain.) 

 Treaty of 1819 with United States. (See Treaty of 1819 between the 

 United States and Spain.) 



Spanish competition for Northwest Coast 29 



Spanish explorations on Northwest Coast 30 



Spear used by Indian hunting 189 



Speculation : 



On small sup^ily of skins 283 



Pelagic sealing a 283 



Speech of Sumner 75, 79 



Speed in swimming 119 



Statutes : 



Of Australia, protecting jienrl fisheries 233 



Of Canada, protecting hair-seals 225 



Of Ceylon, protecting pearl fisheries 233 



Of Falkland Islands, iirotecting fur-seals 221 



Of France, protecting fisheries 234 



Of Germany, protecting hair-seals 227 



Of Great Britain, protecting hair-seals 227 



Of Holland, protecting hair-seals 227 



