TABLE OF CONTENTS. V 



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Differ notably from each other 367 



Synopsis of Pinnipedia 367 



Walruses : 



Walruses 368 



Atlantic walrus 368 



The walrus in northern Europe 368 



Relentless hunting of 368 



Extermination imminent 368 



Jan Mayen seals 369 



Davis Straits 369 



Pacific walrus 369 



Uses of walrus 369 



Walrus in Bering Sea and on the Alaskan coast 369 



Hunting the walrus 370 



Wasteful killing 370 



Used by natives as food 370 



Famine among natives caused by destruction of walrus 370 



Eared-seals : 



Confined to southern oceans and North Pacific 370 



Habits of eared-seals 371 



Sea-lions and fur-seals 371 



Indiscriminate hunting of fur-seals 371 



Species of eared-seals 371 



Section I. Eared Hair-seals, ok ska-lions: 



1. Souiliern sea-lion 371 



2. Auckland sea-lion 871 



3. Steller's sea-lion 372 



4. California sea-lion 372 



5. Ch-ay sea- lion 372 



Section II. Fur-seals: 



6. Northern fur-seal 372 



Protection by Russia and the United States 372 



7. California fur-seals 373 



Distinct from Alaskan seals 373 



Voyage of Captain Morrell in 1825 373, 374 



8. Juan Fernandez fur-seal 374 



9. Southern fur-seal 374 



Excessive hunting 374 



10. South African fur-seal 375 



Protection by Great Britain 375 



11. Eergiielen fur-seal 375 



12. New Zealand fur-seal 375 



Protection by Great Britain. : '- 375 



Habits of Southern fur-seals: 



Accounts of habits by Delano, Fanning, and Morrell 376 



Distinction of sex 377 



Migration of seals 377 



Propagation of seals 377, 379 



Not afraid of man at first 377 



Sentinels 378 



Quick motions 378 



Dog seals 378 



Arrival of mature seals 378 



Relative size of males and females 378 



