TABLE OF CONTENTS. VII 



First, New Propositions, etc. — Continued. 



Pelagic sealing — Continued. Page. 



2. That pelagic sealing in Bering Sea is not destructive to seal life as 



pelagic sealing in the North Pacific — Continued. 



4. Possible raids as a cause 90 



All the bodies emaciated 91 



Great decrease of dead pups in 1892 91 



Cause of decrease of dead pups 93 



Increased mortality on Russian rookeries 93 



Comparative sizes of Bering Sea and Pacific catches 93 



Sealing season in Bering Sea and Pacific compared 94 



Average daily catch in Bering Sea and Pacific compared 94 



3. That the waste of life resulting from pelagic sealing is insignifi- 



cant. 



Waste of life insignificant 95 



The evidence advanced in the Report 95 



Percentage of seals lost by Indians 95 



Percent age of seals lost by white hunters 95 



Tabulated statements of white hunters 96 



Inconsistencies of statements • 96 



Sources of "White Hunters'" table 97 



Table only gives seals lost by sinking 97 



Seals lost by wounding 98 



The bases for the apology unwarranted 99 



Second, New Matter Alleged not Heretofore Discussed. 

 Habits of the fur-seals. 



1. That the Alaskan seal herd has a defined winter habitat. 



The "winter habitat" theory 100 



Object of proposing this theory 101 



The bulls do not resort to the " winter habitat " 101 



The data insufficient to establish 102 



Testimony in opposition 103 



Seals followed along Vancouver Is] and 104 



Seals scattered during winter months : . . . . 104 



Seals found in lat. 40° N. and long. 172° W 105 



New migration chart presented with Counter Case 105 



2. That the Alaskan seal herd has changed its habits as a result of 

 disturbance on the breeding islands and of pelagic sealing. 



Increased pelagic nature alleged 106 



" Stagey " seals taken at sea 106 



Table of average catch per boat and per man 107 



Why averages for 1885 and 1886 are not used 107 



Such averages of no value 107 



Average per boat in " spring catch," 1886-1891 108 



Increase pelagic nature, an assumption 109 



Change of rookeries based on hearsay 109 



New Asiatic rookeries 110 



