INDEX. 



603 



Page. 

 Pups — Continued. 



sore eyes of 344, 379, 391, 393, 39.5, 400, 41.5 



.sorting of sexes 423,430,456 



soundness of sleep of 378 



skulls in Tolstoi saiul ll;it 511 



starved . . 287, S31. 415, 424, 467, 468, 491-199, 575 



starv.ition of 418.425.472 



starving in October 512 



starving of 365, 395, 



402, 407, 408. 411,4 17, 423, 425, 428, 

 459, 479, 496, 498, 509, 512, 574, 586 



stillborn 532 



strangling of 415 



summary of counts 429, 579 



swimming excursions 436,588 



swimming of 259, 345, 347, 357, 365, 368, 



376, 383, 388, 468, 514, 557, 564, 574. 588 



teeth of 271 



temper of 326 



trami)led to death 331.371.415 



treatuuut by lows 294. 319, 342 



turning gray 467, 484 



under Bla.k Bluff 475, 484 



varia tions in color 423 



vitality of 393,415 



wandeiing of 363, 365, 434, 566 



washi-d up by eurf 408 



weaning of 381, 515 



weight of 499,509 



yearlings among 439 



Quota : 



date tilled 259, 



261, 269, 277, 279, 280, 281, 282. 284, 362 



difficulty in filling 279. 280. 285 



proportion to each island 260. 277 



reduction of 268,269 



small sealskins in 284 



St. George diminished 284 



St. Paul, 18P6 467 



under modus vivemli 287 



Raids ou : 



Otter Island 264, 266, 277 



Zapadni 284 



Record in Log 1872, 257 ; 1873, 258 ; 1874, 



260; 1875,262; 1876.265; 1877.268; 1878, 

 269; 1879.270; 1880,274: 1881,276; 1882, 

 277; 1883.278; 1884,279: 1885.279; 1886, 

 280; 1887.281; 188s. 282; 1889.283; 1890, 

 285; 1891,286; 1892.28"; 1893,288; 1894, 

 289 ; 1895, 290 ; 1896. 292 ; 1896-97. 515-516 

 Kedpath : 



notes of 444,466 



Reef drive 310 



length of 473 



Reef rookery 353, 



355. 370. 382. 392, 393. 440. 444. ,522. 542 



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Reef rookery, backward extension on 470 



count of bulls, 1879 274 



count of dead pups 392,585 



count of liarems 318,55,5,558 



dead cows on 392, 584 



dead i>nps on 290.351,392 



decrease on 324, .558 



drive from 310. 522 



driveway of 457, 473 



effect of driving seals from 493. 496 



first regular drive from, 1897 522 



hauling ground of 310 



idle bulls 319 



parade ground of 31(1 



starved pups on 496 



starving pups on 459 



virgin cows on 348, 353, 355 



Rejected seals 312,340 



herding of 461 



Road skeletons 573 



Rookery inspection: 



need of 396,398,418 



protests against 289,292 



Rain: 



effect on seals 322,371,5(18 



Rush, the: 



cruise of, among sealers 406, 4()0 



Rookeries: 



abandoned S.'^, 466 



alleged disturbance of 292 



at night • 314.437 



backward extension of 435, 442, 479. 487 



census of 331, 332 



1896 429 



1897 580 



changes in 377, 552 



characteristics of ground 360, 395 



charts of, needed 376 



daily counts of .522, 576 



filthy from rain 501 



flanked by idle bulls 331 



former extent of 330 



formation of harems on 539, 542, 543 



height of season 330, 404 



inspections of 289, 292, 396, 398, 418 



management of 396, 397 



marking of boundaries 581 



massed 307, 314, 337, 349, 539, 542 



mending of 396, 403, 512, 593 



mixed seals ou 292, 441 



need of bachelor runways 377 



need of drainage 412, .528 



obstructed by ice 258, 



269, 283, 288, 289, 290, 292, 466, 516 



protection of 363 



sea lion 335,537,568 



