CONTENTS 



I 



THE FUR SEALS AND BERING SEA AWARI: 



I 



PAGE 



RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN CLAIMS IN BERING SEA ... '6 



II 

 THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE FUR SEAL . 10 



III 

 THE BEGINNING OF PELAGIC SEALING . . . . . 13 



P 

 PROTESTS AND DIPLOMATIC CORRE^PU^D^NCE .... 14 



V 

 THE PARIS AWARD AND REGULATIONS 



VI 

 EFFORTS FOR MODIFICATION OF REGULATIONS . . .42 



VII 

 THE PRESENT SITUATION 61 



II 



THE INTEROCEANIC CANAL PROBLEM 



I 

 HISTORY OF CANAL SCHEMES . 65 



II 

 THE CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY . . , 104 



