614 SUBJECT-INDEX. 



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Phelan, John J., verifies McClennen 517 



Poaching. {See Pelagic sealing. ) 



Polavina rookery on St. Panl Island 408 



Port Etches, seals off 233 



Pribilof Islands, climate of 4, 11, 61, 75, 80, 160, 164 



diminished catch on 509 



groups of seals on 13 



home of Alaskan seals on 135 



in 1868 63 



meteorological conditions of 11 



origin of 11 



pup seals born on 224, 232, 358 



raids on 400 



rookeries and hauling grounds, the only ones 37, 59, 164, 212, 



218, 219, 223, 349, 366, 367, 368, 376, 882, 445, 447, 485 



seals different from those of Commander Islands 198, 201, 203 



size of herd 543 



where situated 80 



why seals chose 164 



Prices of sealskins 573,575 



Prince of Wales Island, sealing off 277, 283, 284, 285, 289, 297, 299, 302 



Prince William Sound, when seals appear off 223, 233, 234, 236 



Profits of fur merchants 526 



Pups, aquatic birth impossible 5, 13, 23, 29, 



34, 67, 72, 164, 165, 198, 217, 218, 221, 222, 234, 238, 239, 240, 242, 243,244, 

 245, 246, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 260, 261, 262, 264, 265, 266, 267, 

 269, 271, 273, 274, 275, 276, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 287, 288, 

 289, 290, 291, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 301, 302, 303, 309, 318, 319, 323, 

 326, 329, 331, 335, 349, 350, 356, 364, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 375, 376, 

 378, 380. 382, 385, 387, 388, 389, 390, 396, 405, 418, 428, 432, 439, 440, 444, 

 445, 447, 450, 454, 457, 459, 466, 468, 470, 478, 479, 481, 482, 484, 485 



autopsies of 19 



hirthof 25,81,100,108,136,148 



return to place of 358 



black, skins of unborn 503 



Chatham Sound, in 250 



condition when born 51, 75 



departure of, from islands 100 



gray 305. 401. 403 



habits of 359 



inability to swim 34, 41, 67, 72, 82, 87, 100 



104,108,109, 110, 129, 133, 136, 144, 146, 149, 160, 165,180,189,198,505 



killed for food 101 



migration of 104, 212 



mortaUty among 26, 32, 39, 51, 64, 69, 71, 74, 87, 89, 95, 98, 100, 101, 



102, 103, 108, 110, 116, 128, 130, 131, 132, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 146, 152, 

 159, 161, 164, 209, 374, 375, 408, 415, 426, 459, 481, 483, 484, 503, 505, 521, 



podding, description of 16, 56, 62, 82 



Pribilof Islands, born only on. { See also Pribiloff Islands) 356, 367 



sustenance of 146, 148, 149, 165 



Unalaska, natives of, take for food 209 



Avhere born . . 61, 189, 220, 223, 224, 226, 229, 231, 232, 236,237, 238, 23 ', 240, 258, 288 



Queen Charlotte Island, no hauling up on 4, 287,288 



sealing oft' 286, 299 



Kaid on Robben Island by Mauna Loa 193 



St. George Island 421 



Raids 108, 111, 128, 133, 143, 160, 183, 195, 198 



few have occurred 78 



on rookeries 39, 72, 76, 175, 436 



Russian seal islands 217 



Redriving. (<See Driving.) 



Rees Islet, Chile, sealing oft' 430 



Revenue from seals to United States 546 



Revillon, Fr^res, French sealskin dealers 589 



Rice, George, dresser and dyer 552 



Rifles. (/See weapons.) 



Robben Island, history of sealing at 153 



raids on 193, 203, 357 



sealing stopped on 198 



