VI 



INDEX. 



Page. 



Rice, George, deposition of 244 



Robben Island herd 45 



Rookeries, the 36 



determiuatioii of boundaries 76 



formation of 52 



inspection of 139 



life on 49 



names of 36 



noise of 63 



obstructed by ice 49 



uustable popuhition of 78 



Russia, interests of 174 



Russian- American Company 23, 24, 25, 26 



Salisbury. Lord 178 



San Diego, the 142 



Sealing season, beginuing of .50,116 



Seal grass 33,104 



Seals, species of 45 



ability to travel 127.131 



age of 68 



. arrival of 49 



attitudes of 64 



"breaching" 144 



categories of 46 



coloration of 64 



departure of 71 



enemies of 71 



fasting of 57 



fixed habits of 134 



"finning" 144 



individual space occupied 80,81 



injuries to 68 



law of distribution 78 



low iutelligence of 134 



migrations of 47 



mortality among 70 



mortality among young 99 



not aftected by man 135, 141 



uouienclature of 46 



parasites of 70 



possibility of driving elsewhere 136 



rate of travel 72 



shooting of 144 



"sleepers" 144 



sleeping of - 63 



spearing of 144 



staginess, meaning of 66 



swimming of 72 



" tra\ elers" 144 



wounds of 62 



Sealskin industry, demoralized condition. 173, 175 



Sealing of the South Seas 153 



Seizure of vessels 30, 177 



.Sex of salted skins 155 



Sex returns : 



Alexander's report 155 



Sex returns — Continued. Page. 



Halkett's report 156 



sealing captains' 154 



customs exi)erts' 155 



Shooting, loss through 145 



Shrinkage of breeding area 107 



Ardigueu 107 



Tolstoi sand tiat 107 



Sivutch Rock 32, 38 



estimate of 94 



Sivutch rookery, cause of occupation 138 



Skins: 



defective 121 



r.y ected 124 



treatment of 119 



stagy 124 



Slaughter of the seals 190 



Southern fur seals, habits of 73 



South rookery, Bering 125 



Spearheads on rookeries 145 



Spilki. abandonment of 137 



count of 83 



St. Paul : 



count of cows 91 



count of hiirems 91 



description of 31 



rookeries of 36 



St. George, description of 31 



rookeries of 41 



Stagy season 65 



Starvation of pups 165 



Starved pups, count of 166, 169 



estimate for 1897 169, 170 



.Starving pups, notes on 166, 167 



Steller, George Wilhelm 44 



Stejneger, Dr. L 17. 119, 125 



Summary of killings 207.208,209 



Superfluous males 120 



Texts : 



affidavits of furriers 244 



Alaska Couiini'rcial Company's lease.. . 236 



arbitration treaty 228 



declarations of tribunal 236 



joint conclusiiuis of experts 240 



law prohibiting sealing 246 



modus Vivendi 227 



North American Commercial Couipany's 



lease 238 



Paris award 231 



regulations, the 234 



Theory of overdriving 126 



Thompson, Prof D'Arcy W 18, 107, 109, 114, 



156, 159, 168 



Tingle, estimate of 1886 84 



Tolstoi rookery 40 



photograph of, 1891 115 



Towuseud.C. H 18,48,146,148 



