INDEX. 



853 



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France, whale fishery of 66, 71, 192, 207 



Francis, Christian, on lobsters 710 



Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, on whalemen 115 



Franklin expedition, relics of 101 



Franklin ville, N. Y. , scallop industry at 579 



Freetown, Mass., whaling fleet of 171 



Frenchman's Bay district, lobster fishery in 7EO, 751 



statistics in 770-772 



Frenchman's Bay, Me. , soft clams at 584 



Friendship, Me., blackfishat 304 



lobster fishery at 759 



Frills, name for scallops 565 



Frobisher Bay, whaling in 96 



Fuca Strait, fur-seals in 394 



Fuller, William, on lobsters 711 



Funnel trap, lobster 666 



Fnr : seal, dearth of information about rookeries of 332 



fishery, men's shares in 428 



notable voyage in 458 



voyages in, 1783 to 1880 440-460 



fragile character of bones of 373 



hunting, 1797 434 



industry, early history of, at Alaska 376 



growth of Antarctic 402 



in Antarctic Ocean 319 



of Cape Flattery 319, 393-400 



of Pribylov Islands 319-393 



by Russians- 376 



origin of Antarctic 400 



profits of 401 



Fur-sealing in canoes 395 



Fur-seal oil, commercial value of 372 



forfood 396 



Fur-seal rookeries on Saint Paul and Saint George. 332 



Fur-seal skins, Antarctic record of voyage for 440-460 



at Patagonia 65 



average weight of 370 



care of 433 



cargo sold in Canton 466 



curing 430 



dried 444 



first taken to China 400 



folding and packing 434 



former methods of handling 435 



value of 406 



Government tax on 385 



grades of .371,431,432 



manner of salting 395 



market for 428 



method of drying 435 



flinching 433 



mistaken for sea-otter 400 



number taken at South Shetlands. 407 



in Antarctic .'. 402, 439 



packing for shipment 370 



reasons for varying prices of 371 



salt for curing 426, 460 



salting 434 



sold in London 371 



value of Antarctic 428 



at Washington Territory.. 399 



Fur-seals, Aleut method of skinning 366 



Antarctic, habits of 431 



methods of capture 429 



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Fur seals, Antarctic, methods of hunting 431 



skinning 430 



sealers' names for 429 



season for hunting 431 



at Antipodes 426 



Auckland Isles 425 



Border's Island 425,426 



Falkland Islands 409 



in 1796 461 



Juan Fernandez in 1797 464 



Masafuera in 1797 464 



Patagonia in 1796 461 



Prince Edward Group 417 



Royal Company's Island 426 



South Georgia Island 413 



Stewart's Island 426 



Tristan Islands 400,401,413 



bachelors called holluschickie 372 



behaviorof, in the water 355 



blubber of 368 



can the number be increased 358 



capture of, in California 393 



curing the skins 369 



decay of carcasses of 374 



decrease on Pribylov Islands 351 



destroyed by sharks 352,353 



distribution in southern oceans 403 



driving to killing ground 363 



encysted bullets in 356 



females called clapmatches 431 



with young, killed 394 



first southern voyage for 400 



flesh forfood 368 



food consumed by 354 



former methods of skinning , 430 



future movements of 360 



Government restrictions on capture of . 386 



gradation of fur of 371 



great numbers seen in mid-ocean 394 



habits of, at Falkland Islands 435 



on African coast 416 



holluschickie, or bachelor seals 363 



in California 357 



increase on Pribylov Islands 351, 357 



killed by shooting 393 



with clubs 429 



rifles 429 



killing grounds at Pribylov Islands 375 



law against killing female 390 



limiting number killed 390 



protecting 370,300 



regulating capture of 407 



loss of life among young 352 



males called wigs 431 



method of capture at Cape Flattery 395 



killing at Alaska.... 363,365 



restricted 390 



land travel 364 



skinning 433 



mortality of, in 1836 333 



movements of, after leaving rookeries.. 353 



in North Pacific 398 



natives paid for 383 



natural enemies of 353 



