IV 



INDEX. 



Killings — Continued. Page. 



on ConiinandiT Islands 125 



operations of 118, ll'J 



percrntafje killed at 50 



rejected seals at 50 



summary of 207,208,209 



Killinfjs, daily tables: 



1875 197 



1880 199 



188(; 200 



1889 201 



1890 202 



1891 203 



1892-93 204 



1894-95 205 



1896-97 206 



Kitovi rookery 38, 49 



average harem of 90 



taken as typical 90 



Komandorski (Commander) herd 44 



Kuril Islands, the 45 



Lack of knowledge iu past 191 



Lagoon rookery 40 



ajipareut increase on Ill 



Laud and sea killing: 



history of 29 



statistics of 149,211 



Land killing: 



confined to males 116 



effect of 119 



in 1869 27,28 



suspension of 147 



Law prohibiting American sealers 246 



Liebes, Isaac, note on stagy skins 66 



Little East rookery 42 



Little Zapadui rookery 40 



Lobos Island seals 226 



Lueas, E.A 18,48,109,160,1(55 



Lukanin rookery 38 



count of 51,212 



Management : 



American 28 



Russian 25 



wasteful 123, 124 



MacouM, .lames M 18, 109, 163, 168 



Males, killed with impunity 189,243 



Martin, Walter E., deposition of 245 



Maruuichen 41 



abandonment of 138 



Massed rookeries 52 



Maynard, Lieutenant 83 



Mcintyre, H. H 28,144 



Middle Hill 40,103 



Migrations 47 



period and limils of 48 



Modus Vivendi 143, 179, 227 



etteet of 147 



text of 227 



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Morton, John M 22 



Moser, Capt. Jefferson F 17 



Murray, Col. Joseph 18, 170, 197 



estimate for 1895 87 



Naturalist, need of 194 



Natural nu)rtali ty 70, 115, 157, 184, 185 



Need of continuous expert study 193 



Nomenclature of the seals 46 



Nonbreediiig seals: 



estimate of iu past 89 



estimate for 1897 97, 98 



North American Commercial Company, lease 



of 29,238 



Northeast Point : 



killings at 207 



rookeries of 37 



North Pacific, seals of 44 



North rookery 42, 49 



Noyes, Capt. W. L 74 



Old age, death from 1.57 



Old Johns Rock 108 



Orca orca 71 



Otter Island 32, 56 



bachelors on 39 



harem on 39, 93 



Overdriving: 



has not occurred 127 



theory of 126 



Overkilling: 



has not occurred 121 



impracticability of 121 



possibility of 120 



Palata drive 131 



Parade ground of reef 38 



Parasites of seals 70 



Paris award 231 



results of 177 



Parrott & Co., expedition of 26 



Patrol, cost of 182 



Pelage of fur seals 65 



Pelagic fleet, value of 174, 226 



vessels sealing in award area 225 



Pelagic catch: 



compared with land catch 148 



decline of 148, 175 



from Commander Inrd 148, 151 



growth o) 149 



relation to land catch 1.52 



percentage of females in 154, 155, 225 



statistics of 149 



summary of 116, 222 



summary since 1894 175 



Pelagic sealing 142 



Asiatic waters 147, 151 



a check 151 



a suicidal industry 175 



