ANALYSIS. 



A. INTRODUCTION. 



1. History and objects of the memoir - .- 5 



B. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 



2. Geographical distribution of the fur-seal -. 6 



C. THE PRIBYLOV ISLANDS. 



3. Discovery of thePribylov islands. [Se also 31.] 8 



4. Description of the Pribylov islands. [See also 25-33.] 9 



D. THE OCCUPANTS OF THE ISLANDS. 



5. The natives of the islands. [See also 39 F.] 19 



6. The Alaska Commercial Company. [See also 37.] . 24 



7. The business concerned 26 



E. THE SEAL-LIFE ON THE PRIBYLOV ISLANDS. 



8. The hair seal .' 28 



9. Life-history of the fur-seal 29 



10. The "hollnschickie" or "bachelor" seals a description 43 



11. Description of the fur-seal rookeries of St. Paul and St. George 48 



12. Manner of taking the seals 70 



13. Manner of caring for and shipping the fur-seal skins. [See also 4.] . 76 



14. Economic valne of the skins, oil, and flesh of the fur-seal 80 



F. THE SEA-LION, Eumetoptas Stelleri. 



15. Life-history of the sea-lion ............. 84 



16. Capture of the sea-lion 89 



17. Economic uses of the sea-lion 91 



0. THE WALRUS OF BF.RIXG SEA, Odobainus obemvi. 



18. Life-history of the walrus 92 



H. A BRIEF RF.VIKW OF OFFICIAL REPORTS UPON THE CONDUCT OK AFFAIRS ON THE SEAL-ISLANDS. 



19. Special investigations of Lieut. Washbnrn Mayuard, U. S. N '. 102 



20. Synopsis of Lieut. Maynard's investigations ...... 102 



21. Epitome of special reports upon the seal-islands in the archives of the Treasury Department 109 



1. ILLUSTRATIVE AND SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 



22. The Russian seal-islands, Bering and Copper, or the Commander group 109 



23. St. Matthew island and its relation to St. Paul .. 115 



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24. Digest of the data in regard to the fur-seal rookeries of the South Atlantic and Pacific, and number of skins taken 



therefrom ....*. 117 



25. Catalogue of the mammals of the Pribylov group 124 



26. Catalogue of the birds of the Pribylov group. 125 



27. Catalogue of the fishes of the Pribylov group 136 



28. Notes on the invertebrates 137 



29. Notes on the plants 138 



30. Veniaminov on the Russian seal-industry at the Pribylov islands 140 



31. Veniaminov's account of the discovery of the Pribylov islands 145 



32. History of the organization of the Russian-American Fur Company 148 



33. Meteorological abstract for th~e months, from September, 1872, to April, 1873, inclusive 149 



34. The method of dressing the fur-seal skin 151 



35. Bering, not Behring ., - . 151 



36. The law protecting the seal-islands 153 



37. The organization and regulations of the Alaska Commercial Company l- r >4 



38. Comments upon the legislation of Congress 157 



39. Paragraphs of reference relative to subjects discussed in the preceding memoir, and referred to as "Note 39" 158 



40. Final notes and tables relative to the value, protection, and growth of the fur-seal; and the revenue derived from that 



industry on the Pribylov islands 165 



GLOSSARY. 



41. Definition of technical terms and Russian nomenclature, used by the author in the preceding monograph 173 



42. Weights, measures, and values 1~5 



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