INDEX. 



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Page. 



Elliott, H. W 34, 35, 77, 79, 126, 136, 138 



estimate of 1872-1874 77 



estimate of 1890 84 



surveys of 79, 80 



unit of space 80 



Empty stomachs, explanation of 161 



Equilibrium of herd 102, 158 



under pelagic sealing 158, 159 



could not be maintained 159 



exists below commercial ruin 159 



Estimates of 1895: 



contrast of 87 



Crowley 86 



Murray 87 



True and Townsend 85 



Estimates of 1897 : 



bachelors 98 



bulls 98,100 



cows and pups 98, 100 



idle and half bulls 98 



seals of all classes present 100 



seals dead during season 100 



seals alive in October 100 



yearlings and virgins 99 



Excrement o/ seals 161 



Fasting of seals 57 



Females, protection of 25 



ease of capture 156 



effect of killing 171,189 



feeding of 161 



killing of 25,153,156 



percentage in pelagic catch 155, 225 



possible abstraction of 157, 243 



preponderance of 154 



skins should be contraband 190 



Fighting, oflmlls 52,59,60,61 



due to sexual excitement 60 



instinct for 62 



Findings of fact 188, 242 



Firearms, used in sealing 143 



Fixity of habits 134 



Food and feeding grounds 68 



Food, digestion of 56 



Fur-seal herd : 



condition of 26,88,89,100 



importance of 190 



international interest in 173 



Fur seal or sea bear 43 



Fur-seal question, origin of 177 



Future of the herd 188 



Gains and losses of the herd 149 



Galapagos Islands 74 



Gorbatch rookery 39 



Grass-grown areas 104 



Great Britain, interests of 174 



Great killer, the 71 



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Gressigrada, suborder of. 43 



Growth of pelagic catch 149, 150 



Guadulupe Island 44 



Halkett, A 18,65,185 



report on proportion of females 155 



remarks on stagy skins 65 



Hamlin, Chas. S 18,241 



Harbors, absence of 32 



Harem, the 57 



Harem sizes 58 



Harems, count on amphitheater 54 



summary of 96, 97 



Hauling grounds , 36 



not driven 121 



number driven, 1871-1889 123 



Historical sketch ~. 23 



Home of the fur seals 31 



Hooper, Capt. C.ll 174,226 



Howes, Osborne 26 



Hunting by Indians 142 



Hutchiuson Hill 37 



Ice, obstruction by 25, 49 



Idle bulls, estimate of 100 



Indiscriminate killing 154 



Inquiry, occasion of 17 



Inspection, effect of 140 



need of 194 



Instructions 18 



Interregnum : 



Ball's note on 26 



females not killed in 28 



Howes's notes 26 



methods of killing 27 



number of seals killed 26 



Introduction 17 



Investigation, the .*. 18, 19 



Itinerary : 



1896 20 



1897 21 



Jordan, Dr. David S 17,130 



Joint agreement of 1892 115 



Joint commission of 1892 179 



Joint report of experts, 1897 188, 240 



Killable seals 116 



Killing season 116 



Killing: 



indiscriminate 154 



premature 123 



wasteful 124 



Killers 71 



Killings : 



at Northeast Point 207 



at Zapadni (St. George) 207 



comparison for 1889 and 1890 124 



for food 25,121,124 



land and sea 116, 211 



