230 INDEX. 



B. 



Bacbelor or holluscliickie seals : Page. 



Classing by age 99 



Descri ption ot 73, 74 



Dispersal of 62 



"WiidiK'Ss'' and ''gentleness" of 75 



Hauling grounds on St. Paul Islivnd 73, 79 



St. George Island 75, 79 



Otter Island 181 



Moveuicnts in "water 76 



Not allowed on the rookeries 74 



Sports and pastimes of 75 



Swininiing powers of 76 



Barauov, abject condition of seal island people under liim 112 



islands pass into his control 110 



Basking sharks and killer whales 61, 72 



(Somniosus), etc., great size of 60 



Battles of the fur-seal bulls, 1872-1874 31, 32, 41, 70 



Beginning of first regular overdriving on the islands 107, 108. 195, 219 



each seali ng season from 1870 to 1890, inclusive 219 



Benefits conferred on natives by lessees of 1870 112, 113 



Behavior of fur seals when driven 88, 89 



Biological Society of Washington ; Palmer's paper criticised 26 



Birds, waterfowl on islands — great abundance 120 



Birth of fur-seal pups, time of 59, 67 



Veniaminovon the subject 131 



sexes equal in number 59 



Boats now used by natives, instead of their primitive craft 118 



Blind holluschickie, from overdriving, June 30 to July 15 177-188 



Blul)ber fires on tlie islands — ofi^'ensive 119 



Bobrovia Yama, of Tolstoi 153 



Bogus reports of Treasurv agents concerning seals 9, 128, 203, 204, 206, 207, 209 



Booteriii , Chief Kerick— his A-ie ws 195, 196, 197, 218 



Bulls, apathy of, on Ketavie and Lukannon, June 22 150 



behavior when first hauled out 166 



cowardly and vagrant ones 166 



liauliug on Lukannon, wide and wild, June 12 149 



wildly on Tolstoi, June 12 150 



on Tolstoi rookery, not a fight among them June 24 152 



impotent languid service of, on Tolstoi July 7 153 



always fighting in 1872-1874 31,32,41,70 



no fighting among them in 1890 31, 145, 147 



on Tolstoi, June 12 150 



impotence of, on Lukannon, July 1 150 



on breeding grounds, 1872, estimate of 71 



1890, estimate of 71 



North rookery, scant, feeble, and scattered, July 19 159 



scarcity of, on reef, July 10 145 



virile sires 148 



no fighting among them on Zapadnie, June 13 : 154 



scattered and apathetic on Tolstoi, June 21 151 



somnolent and stupid on Zapadnie, July 3 154 



somnolence of — apathy of 147 



strange behavior on rookeries to-day, July 14 152 



vagrant on Polavina June 25 156 



172 ohl breeders hustled into drive, July 18 43 



on Zapadnie (St. Paul) scant in number, Jnne 13 154 



Buynitsky, S. N., temporary Treasury agent, 1870-1872 200 



Campbell Island, fur seals on 17 



Cape Corrientos, fur seals under bluffs of 17 



Carcass of sea-lion bull, economic use made of, by natives 117 118 



Caution on part of Treasury agents needed 6 



Changes in pelage of fur seals 98, 99 



Pribilov breeding grounds ; the status of 1872 vs. 1890 70 



Character of natives, seal islands 110, 111 



Characteristics of Aleuts as laborers on seal islands 122 



Check to driving should have been applied in 1879-80 10, 65 



