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LIST OF PLATES TO SECTION V. 



Vol. Page. 

 212. Indian porpoise hnnters of Passamnqnoddy Bay. Canoe, rifle, and lance for capture of porpoise. II, 308 



From photograph by T. W. Sinillie. 

 213. PaKsauiaijuoildy Bay Indians lanciug and securing a porpoise II, 308 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



THE PACIFIC WALRUS FISHERY. 



214. Innuits of Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska, surprising and harpooning a herd of walruses II, 313 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott 



215. The walrus "coup." Eskimo lancing the exhausted walrus, Saint Lawrence Island, Bering 



Sea. Mahlemut dresses, bidarka, baidar, &e., of Alaska II, 313 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott. 



216. Innuits of Saint Lawrence Islaud, Alaska, hoisting a walrus II, 313 



Drawing by H. \V. Elliott. 



THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 



217. Map of Saint Paul's Island, Pribylov Group II, 322 



Surveyed and drawn, April, 1873, to July, 1874, by Henry W. Elliott 



218. Map of Saint George Island, Pribylov Group II, 322 



Surveyed and drawn, April, 1873, to July, 1874, by H. W. Elliott 

 210. Profiles of tbe east coast of Saiut Paul's Island II, 322, :W6 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott 

 2-M. Ordinary attire of men on the killing ground and of women and young children in the village. II, 320 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott 



221. The north shore of Saint Paul's Island, looking W.SW. from the summit of Hutchinson's Hill.. II, 336 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott 



222. The North Rookery, looking west to Starry Ateel, Saint George Island, village of Saint George. II, 348 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott 



223. Natives selecting a " drive." View overhauling grounds of "holluschickie" or bachelor seals at 



English Bay, looking west from Tolstoi sand-dunes II, 363 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott 



224. Natives driving the "holluschickie. " The drove passing over the lagoon flats to the killing 



grounds, under the village hill, Saint Paul's Island II, 363 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott. 



225. The killing gang at work. Method of slaughtering fur-seals on the grounds near the village, 



Saint Paul's Island II, 365 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott 



226. Preparing fur-seal- skins for shipment . II, 369 



FIG. 1. Interior of salt-house, Saint Paul's Island ; natives salting and assorting the pelts. 

 FIG. 2. The flensed carcass of a fur-seal and the skin as taken therefrom. 

 FIG. 3. A bundle of skins ready for shipment. 



THE ANTARCTIC SEA-ELEPHANT FISHERY. 



227. Sketch map of Herd's Island. Antarctic Ocean. Lat. 53 10' S., Long. 73 30' E II, 419 



228. Workiug sea-elephants at northeast point, Herd's Island II, 419,435 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott after Capt. H. C. Chester. 

 220. Stripping sea-elephant blubber and rolling it in barrels to try-works ; southwest beach, Herd's 



Island II, 419,435 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott after Capt H. C. Chester. 



THE SEA-LION HUNT ON PRIBYLOV ISLANDS, ALASKA. 



230. Natives capturing the sea-lion ; springing the alarm n, 468 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1873. 



231. Shooting the old males; spearing the surround; the drive II 468,469, 



471 

 Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1872. 



232. Natives corraling sea-lions at the Barrabora, under Cross Hill, northeast point Saint Paul's 



Island II, 469 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott 



233. Oil-pouches of sea-lion stomach; seal meat frame; bidarrah covered with sea-lion skins; 



sealer's houses II, 471,473 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott 



