INDEX. 235 



Paga 



Killing of seals, contrast at Zapadien, St. George, 1889 with 1890 107 



Xovestoshnab, 1889 with 1890 106 



on land, must be stopped at once 136 137 



at sea must he stopped at once 137 



Killer whales, not seen at St. Paul up to .Tune 19 146 



scourging rookeries of St. George 162 



hfimpback whales mistaken for , 60 



( Orca gladiator) mistakon for humpback whales, etc 60 



destroy pups 201, 202 



Knives used for skinning seals ' 93 



Labor on islands, extra laborers from Oonalashka, etc 127 



salting and bundling seal skins, extra .■ 127 



conduct of, by natives 124 



wages as iixed under American rule 125 



early wages under Kussian rule 124 



division of proceeds among natives 126, 220 



Law of distribution on breeding grounds observed by seals 6 



1870 (existing law) 139, 140 



amended March 24, 1874 . . .'. 141 



Lagoon rookery : its condition and api)earauce July 1, 1874 33 



1890 34 



few cows hauled out June 23 151 



notes, topographical changes, etc 149 



Laud driving and killing, new rules for 228 



killing must be stopped at once 136, 1.37 



Laverder, Capt. A. W., surveys numbers of holluschickie July 25 159 



recommendation for killing of killer whales 201, 202 



Lease of islands, etc., 1870-1889; Alaska Commercial Company, text of 141, 142 



1890; North American Commercial Company, text of. 142,143 



Legend of Aleuts as to seal islands 109 



Legislation necessary for the restoration 138, 139 



Length of rest required on seal grounds, 7 years 189 



Life of white agents on St. George 197 



List of the killing of fur seals, 1835-1854, in St. Paul 135 



skins or killing, by Veniaminov, 1817 to 1837 135 



Little Eastern rookery, its condition and appearance, July, 1874 54 



1890 55 



Nightingale Island, fur seals on 18 



Lohos Islets. liiver Plate, fur seals on 17 



London seal-skin sales, October, 1890 227 



Loss of seals by pelagic hunters, witnesses under oath 213, 214 



Kazeau Shaishnekov Ms. diary of 1828-1854 133 



seals can not bo told by pelagic hunter 214 



Lnkannon and Ketavie rookeries, condition and appearance, July, 1874 35 



1890 36 



rookery, snow on it June 2, surprise of bulls 149 



M. 



Manchester, .J. P., extraordinary entry in re increase of seals 209 



Manner of computing the seals, author's plan 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 



Maps and charts made of breeding grounds, 1872-1874 8 



Masafuera Island, fur-seal habitats of 17 



Maynard, Lieut. Washburn, U. S. N., his computation of number of seals. . . 28-29 



associated with author 6, 8 



Maynard and Elliott, joint investigation of seal islands, 1874 200 



Maternity of fur seals, Veniaminov's erroneous idea 131 



the fur seal, ideas of old n.atives, 1835 130 



Meat of fur seal, requires much skill to cook well 117 



sea lion, how used, dried, etc 117 



Melletes papilio (kalogs) eagerly sought for by natives 119 



Memoranda concerning seal islands 197 



Merchandise on islands, sold from stores to natives 116 



Method of sealing work, contr,ast between Russian and our own 13 



field survey of breeding areas and positions, July 13 157, 158 



