6 TABLE OF CONTKNTS. 



CHAPTKK III. THK HOME OF THE FUR SEALS Continued. 



A. The Pribilof Islands Continued. Page. 



Sivutcli Eock 32 



The climate 32 



No good harbors 32 



Vegetation 33 



The mammals 33 



The birds 33 



Inhabitants 33 



Conditions in Russian days 34 



Conditions in American days 34 



The handling of the seals 34 



The support of the Aleuts 35 



The Government agents 35 



B. The fur-seal rookeries 36 



The breeding grounds 36 



The hauling grounds 36 



The St. Paul rookeries 36 



Vostochui 36 



Morjovi 37 



Polovina 37 



Lukanin 38 



Kitovi 38 



Reef 38 



Sivutch Rock 38 



Gorbatch 39 



Ardiguen 39 



Spilki 40 



Lagoon 40 



Tolstoi '. 40 



Zapadni 40 



Little Zapadni 40 



Zapadni Reef 41 



Maruuicheu 41 



The St. George rookeries 41 



Zapadni 41 



Staraya Artel 41 



North ,.: 42 



Little East 42 



East 42 



CHAPTER IV. THE FUR SEAL OR SEA BEAR: 



Its relatives 43 



The sea bear and true seal 43 



The fur seals of the Antarctic 43 



The fur seals of the North Pacific 44 



Steller's account 44 



The three herds 44 



The Pribilof herd _ 44 



The Komandorski herd 44 



The Robben Island herd 45 



Three distinct species 45 



Callorhinus alascanns 45 



Callorbinus ursinus 45 



Callorhinus cnrileusis 45 



The nomenclature of the fur seal 46 



The categories of seals 46 



The male.. 46 



