SUBJECT INDEX OF APPENDIX. 465 



Russian documents — Continued. 



A. — Relating to the number of seals killed, etc. — Continued. Page. 

 No. 11. Letter from the chief manager of the Russian American colonies 



to the manager of St. Paul. Written from Sitka May 6, 18(35 198 



No. 12. Letter from the chief manager of the Russian American colonies 

 to the manager of the island of St. Paul. Written from Sitka April 



4,1866 188 



No. 13. Letter from the chief manager of the Russian American colonies 

 to the manager of the island of St. George. Written from Sitka July 



23,1866 188 



No. 14. Letter from the chief manager of the Russian American col- 

 onies to the manager of the island of St. Paul. Written from 



Sitka August 10, 1866 199 



No. 15. Letter from the chief manager of the Russian American col- 

 onies to the manager of the island of St. Paul. Written from 



Sitka April 9, 1867 183 



B. — Relating to the visits of foreign whalers to Bering Sea. 



No. 16. Letter from the board of administration of the Russian Amer- 

 ican Company to Captain of the Second Rank Nicholas Yakovolyltck 



Rosenberg, chief manager of the Russian American Colonies 19'J 



No. 17. Letter from tho board of managers of the Russian American 

 Company to Captain of the Secoud Rank Nicholas Yakovlovitch 



Rosenberg, chief manager of the Russian American colonies 200 



Russian documents, withdrawal of 153 



Russian fur-seal : 



Habits of (see also Russian seal herd) 363, 364 



Home of 363 



Russian islands, management of 363-366 



Russian seal herd : 



Alaskan and Russian herds do not mingle 363 



Arrival, annual, of seals 363 



Birth of pups 363 



Cause of departure of seals from islands 364 



Coition, pelagic, impossible 364 



Commander Islands and Robben Island herds do not mingle 363 



Control and domestication 364 



Control possible only on land 365 



Death of mother causes death of pup 366 



Departure of seals from islands 364 



Domestication and control 364 



Fur-seals are polygamous 364 



Habits of seals not affected by methods of taking 365 



Herd, each, resorts exclusively to its own breeding grounds 363 



Home of Russian fur-seal 363 



Migration 364 



Pelagic coition impossible 364 



Polygamous nature of seals 364 



Pup, birth of 363 



death of mother causes death of 366 



swimming of 363 



Seals not wild animals 364 



Swimming of pups 363 



Russian seal islands. (See Commander Islands.) 



sealskins, only two in a bundle 359 



seizure in 1892 201-205 



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