236 INDEX. 



Method ol" tlriviug killable seals iu 1872-1874 and 1890 87, 88 



laud travel of killable seals 89 



driving the killable seals, 1871-1800 85, 86 



makiiii;' seal rookerv surveys, 1872-1874 and 1890 28, 157 



Middle Hill, uauie uot given to it iu 1872-1874 7, 107 



Migration of fnr-seal herd, deflection })08sible of 69 



iu uiidocean of fur-senl herd 69 



Mischievous reports of Treasury agent, 1886-1888 128, 203, 204, 205, 208, 207 



Modus viveudi, author's articles of 14 



Moon-eyed holluschickie, blinded by overdriving, June 30 177, 188 



Movements of fur seals iu migration, thoughts over 69 



Mules feeding on rookery seal grass, comical picture of. 150 



introduced for work on killing grounds, etc 94 



Murray, Joseph, Treasury agent 195, 223 



Natives of seal islands. Who are natives ? 109 



all Christians 112 



sometimes bitten while skinning seals 92 



Nah 8peelkie, rookery of 24 



rookery, notes on its abandonment June 17 166 



Negligence of Treasury agents in 1879-1888 8, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209 



Nettletou, S. li.. Treasury agent 195, 218 



Night owls, native pecularitics iu this line 120 



North rookery, Held notes on hauling seals, July 19 191 



its condition and appearance July, 1874 53 



1890 54 



notes as to grass, seals, etc., J uly 19 159 



Northeast Point, or Novastoshnah rookery, its condition and appearance 



July, 1874 -■ 45,46 



Northeast Point, or Novastoshnah rookery, its condition and appearance 



July, 1890 47 



Novastoshnah, notes of J une 2 156 



Noyes, Dr. L. A., disclaims responsibility for bogus seal report 206 



Numbers of seals, author's plan of computation 21 



no Russian or other records 21, 22 



author makes lirst survey 22 



recapitulation of the rookeries for 1872-1874 and 1890 .... 57, 58 



the islanders ; increase and decrease, etc , 122 



seals on seal islands; witnesses under oath 215,216,217 



fur-seal skins taken from Pribilov islands, 1867 to date 219 



seal skins taken from the Russian hauling grounds, 1871-1890 . . 226 

 under Russians on Commander Islands, 1862- 



1870 226 



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Officers of the G-overnment, Treasury Department agents (on seal islands), 



from 1869 to 1890 199 



Official notes in agents' iournal on seal driving 207, 208, 209 



reports, Treasury agents for 1886-1888, bogus 203, 204, 205, 206, 207 



surveys of the seal rookeries, lack of attention 202, 209 



Oil made from sea-lion blubber, how stored 117 



Old John Rock, difficulty of getting there iu 1872 145 



On the rookeries of St. George 159 



Oonalashka Island, seals never hauled out there 212 



Orderly living of the natives 114 



Order of life on breeding grounds in 1872-1874 and 1890 67 



Otter Island — no seals on it July 5 181 



Overdriving injures seals 9, 10 



at Novastoshnah, severe character of 186 



effect of sustained, on young seals 174. 175 



on seal islands, first serious beginning of 107, 108, 195, 219 



St. George, when begun, etc 192 



Polavina, severe character of, July 13 186 



severe elfects of, visible July 15 188 



as done ; severity of its progression since 1879 180 



