X CONTENTS. 



nor Drink, nor Leave their Stations in all that Time. — Graceful Females. — 

 Frolicsome "Pups." — They have to Learn to Swim! — How they Learn. — 

 Astonishing Vitality of the Fur-seal. — "Podding" of the Pups. — Beauti- 

 ful Eyes of the Fur-seal. — How the " Holluschickie," or Bachelor Seals, 

 Pass the Time. — They are the only ones Killed for Fur. — They Herd alone 

 by Themselves in spite of their Inclination; Obliged to.— They are the 

 Champion Swimmers of the Sea. — A Review of the Vast Breeding Rook- 

 eries. — Natives Gathering a Drove. — Driving the Seals to the Slaughter- 

 ing Fields. — No Chasing — no Hunting of Seals. — The Killing Gang at 

 Work: Skinning, Salting, and Shipping the Pelts.— All Sent Direct 

 to London. — Reasons Why. — How the Skins are Prepared for Sacks, 

 Muffs, etc. 



CHAPTER XL 



The Alaskan Sea-Lion pp. 804-373 



A Pelagic Monarch. — Marked Difierence between the Sea-lion and the Fur- 

 seal. — The Imposing Presence and Sonorous Voice of the "Sea-king." — 

 Terrible Combats between old Sea-lion Bulls. — Cowardly in the Presence 

 of Man, however. — Sea-lions Sporting in the Fury of Ocean Surf. — It has 

 no Fur on its Huge Hide. — Valuable only to the Natives, who Cover their 

 "Bidarrah" with its Skin. — Its Sweet Flesh and Inodorous Fat.^Not 

 such Extensive Travellers as the Fur-seals. —The Difficulty of Capturing 

 Sea-lions. — How the Natives Corral them. — The Sea-lion " Pen "' at North- 

 east Point. — The Drive of Sea-lions. — Curious Behavior of the Animals. 

 — Arrival of the Drove at the Village.— A Thirteen-mile Jaunt with the 

 Clumsy Drove. — Shooting the old Males. — The Bloody "Death-whirl." — 

 The Extensive Economic Use made of the Carcass by the Natives. — 

 Chinese Opium Pipes Picked with Sea-lion Mustache bristles. 



CHAPTER Xn. 



Innuit Life and Land pp. 374-411 



" Nooshagak ;" Wide Ajjplication of an Innuit Name. — The Post and River. — 

 Countless Pools, Ponds, and Lakes of tiiis District bordering Bristol Bay. 

 — The Eskimo Inhabitants of the Coast. — The Features and Form of 

 Alaskan Innuits.— Light-hearted, Inconstant, and Independent. — Their 

 Dress, Manners, and Rude Dwellings. — Their Routine of Life. — Large and 

 Varied Natural Food-supplies. — Indifferent Land Hunters, but Mighty 

 Fishermen. — Limited Needs from Traders' Stores — Skilful Carvers in 

 Ivory. — Their Town Hall, or "Kashga." — They Build and Support no 

 Churches here. — Not of a real Religious Cast, as the Aleutians are. — The 

 Dogs and Sleds ; Importance of Them here.— Great Interest of the Innuit in 

 Savage Ceremonies. — The Wild Alaskan Interior. — Its Repellent Features 

 alike Avoided by Savage and Civilized Man. — The Indescribable Misery 



