240 INDEX. 



Pag& 



Virility of male seals injured by driving 10 



driven seals, ideas of natives in 1885 130 



overdri\cn young male seals 174 



.seals, what natives said in 1872 174 



W. 



Wardman, George H., Treasury agent 202,j208 



Warnings of first danger to seals ignored iu 1883 9, 208 



Water, bad character of, in St. (leorge village 197 



Waterfowl, great abundance of, on and around islands *. 120 



Waste of fur-seal skins by Russians 12 



700,000 seal skins in 1803 at Sitka 94 



and cruelty of pelagic killing of female seals 137 



Webster, Daniel, gets all bis seals iu 1872-1874 7 



bis work on the islands 158 



observes a steady shrinking of seals since 1868 158 



never drove from rookery margins in 1872-1874 158 



Weights of fur seal skins, tal>le of 97, 99 



"Wigs," 4-year old, taken for first time this year Julyl7 189 



" Wildness" of holluschickie due to overdriving l(jl 



Windom, William, Secretary of Treasury 15 



Work of sealing ; Russian methods contrasted with ours 13 



on these islands iu 1868 13 



on the islands better done under American regime 113 



Y. 



Yearling cows on St. George. July 30 194 



Yearlings, their behavior 75, 160 



females, their behavior, July 30 160 



^'ea^ling seals on St. George, July 26 193 



^ earlings, strange absence of. and loss of 159. 160 



saved this year from the club by $10 tax 18!> 



Young fur seals clumsy swimmers when weaned in November 62 



Z. 



Zapadnie rookerv. St. George, condition and appearance Julv. 1874 49 



1890 50 



notes on, July 20 164 



St. George, hauling grounds, July 20 191 



rookerv, St. Paul ; its condition and appearance Julv, 1874 39 



1890 40 



notes on, J nne 13 154 



hauling grounds, best on St. George, reasons for 164, 165 



Zapooska, or saving ordered by the Russians, 1826-27 132, 133 



on seal islands of 1834, good eftects of 136 



Zoltoi hauling beach, immense numbers of seals on it, 1872-1874 172 



no seals on it, June 25 172 



sands, desolation of, June 22 169 



great ease of getting seals there in 1872-1874 169 



sands, not a killable seal on them, June 26 174 



