SEAL LIFE ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



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Table showing the results of observations made on fur seals taken at sea in Bering Sea, 

 August 11 to 21, 1895, respecting sex, age, pregnancy, and food — Continued. 



SCHOOKER G. AV. PRESCOTT. 

 [Latitude, 55° 33' north; longitude, 168° 11' west. Date, August 21.] 



Seals examined 123 



Male 17 



Female 106 



Female nursing 78 



Female yearling 15 



Female 2 years 11 



Male yearling 2 



Male 2 years 4 



Male 3 years 8 



Male 4 years 3 



Nursing females 3 years of age or over. 



Corpus albicans, tlie scar indicating ovary from which former pregnancy resulted. 

 Corpus luteum, the sign of pregnancy or recent ovulation from that ovary. 



In these observations only the gross appearance of ovaries is considered; impregnation may have 

 taken place in all the 2 and 3 year old females, and the corpus luteum not yet developed. 



LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATIVE OF PELAGIC SEALING. 

 [Photographs by N. B. Miller, C. H. Townsend, and A. B. Alexander.] 



A portion of the sealing fleet at Sand Point, Alaska, in June, 1893. 



Canadian sealing schooner E. B. Marvin. Bering Sea. 



Canadian sealing schooner Annie E. Faint. Bering Sea. 



Canadian sealing schooner Dora Siewerd. Bering Sea. 



Canadian sealing schooner Katherlne, formerly Black Diamond. 



Canadian sealing schooner Dora Siewerd under storm canvas, showing maimer of 

 stowing canoes. 1895. 



Deck of Dora Siewerd. 1895. 



Skinning seals, Dora Siewerd. 1895. 



Canadian sealing schooner seized in Bering Sea prior to 1888. 



Canadi;in sealing schooner Thornton seized in Bering Sea prior to 1888. 



Canadian sealing schooner Aiuoko discharging skins at Victoria. 



American sealing schooner Columbia. 



Types of sealing schooners. Victoria Harbor. 1894. 



Types of sealing schooners. Victoria Harbor. 1894. 



A portion of the Canadian sealing fleet, Victoria Harbor. 1894. 



Sealing boats stored at Victoria. 



Portion of Indian crew of Canadian schooner Favorite. 1894. 



Indian hunter of sealing canoe, showing double-pointed spear pole; detaching 

 spear points, with line 30 yards long ; paddle ; killing club, and wooden boat bailer. 



Indian sealing canoe, showing manner of throwing spear. 



Indian sealing canoe under sail. 



Indian sealing canoe with outfit and catch. 



Sleeping seal — usual position, floating back down, with hind flippers turned for- 

 ward over belly. August 7, 1894. Bering Sea. 



Fur seal just awakened. 



Starved seal pups, St. Paul Island. September, 1894. 



Starved seal pups, St. Paul Island. September, 1894. 



