INDEX. 237 



p. 



Parchment, or air-driefl seal skins 94 



Passes of the Aleutian Chain, ron^h weather in 212 



Patagonia, fur seal habitats of t 16 



Pelagic hunter, if honest, can not tell what he does in killing seals 214 



killing must be stopped at once 72, 137 



of fur seals, large i)roportion of females, etc 68 



^ cows, waste, and barbarism of 137 



sealing, speculations of, by author in 1890 11, 210, 211, 212 



fur seal catch from 1886 to date 226, 227 



sealing, typical craft of, and crew at work 210 



• sealers get their quarry ftir away from islands 210 



Percentage of rejection in 1872-1874 contrasted with 1890 102 



rejected seals up to July 1, 1872, and to-day 170 



rejection on killing grounds in 1890, table of 101 



Peehtnkov, Peter, reports on killable seals at Northeast Point June 15 166 



Physicians and pharmacy on islands 113 



Pirates, seal, report Irom Northeast Point, June 15 166 



raids on Starry Arteel in 1886., 163, 164 



Zapadnie, St. George, 1889 164, 165 



and their raids on the islands 200, 201 



Plague or pestilence among seals, may never occur 8 



Plant of sealing lessees, must be bought by Government — value 138. 225 



sealing, cash valne of, itemized 225 



Podding of cows, pups, and hoUuschickie, August 9 194 



pups, hoUuschickie, etc., August 1 194 



Point, Polavina, reef bared to view under it June 4 156 



Poor results of early Russian checks to killing 130 



Polseccatchie, or half bulls, not to be seen 146, 147, 148 



young males, destroyed by club and pelagic sealer 148 



Polavina rookery, notes on, June 3 155 



hauling grounds, desolation of, June 25 173 



its condition and appearance July, 1874 41 



1890 43 



hauling grounds, exhaustion of 44 



Population of the seal islands, increase and decrease, etc 122 



Powers of the Treasury agent in the villages 115 



Preservation of the fur-seal industry 128 



Pribilov group, St. Paul and St. George 17 



Prince Edward's (^roup, fur seals on 18 



Promyshleuiks,Russians, greedy hunters, etc 18 



Prostration of fur seals when driven 9, 10, 89, 90 



Prophecy of Veuiaminov, coming of seals for twenty years, 1835-1856 134 



Proportion of cows to bulls on rookeries, 1872-1874 and 1890 66, 70 



Protection of the islands and the seals 128 



Provident natives on the islands 127 



Pup prevented from getting into rough water by mother 162 



Pups and yearling females, notes on, August 3 161 



learning to swim, July 30 160 



on Great Eastern rookery, July 26 162, 163 



fur seal — are they born c(iual in number as to sex? 131 



swinnning on St. George, iirst eft'orts, July 30 193 



Q. 



Quass, and quass orgies among natives 121, 122, 123 



R. 



Raids of seal pirates on the islands 200, 201 



Reason why Alaska seals do not visit Russian islands 211 



Reef and Garbotch, physical changes in, grass grown, etc 144 



rookery, its condition and appearance, July, 1874 (inclmling Garbotch) 30 



1890 (including Garbotch) 31, .32 



Regrowth of " pochkie," Archauf/eliea on seal ground 155 



Regularity of arrival of all classes of seals 161 



Regulations for land driving, new ones suggested by author 228 



Rejected seals, percentage of, .July 1, 1872, and to-day 170 



on killing grounds, how many rodriven again 171 



or released seals, returning to their hauling grounds, June 25 173 



seals, dying in tlie lakes, .June 25 173 



how many of tlieni are fatally injured 174 



