616 



SUBJECT-INDEX. 



Sandwich Land -^^1!. 



Schooners. (/See Vessels.) °^* 



Sea-otter ^^^^termuiation of 219, 279, 288, 295, 299, 301, 302 



Seals, Alaska fur, arrival of ..!.".".'.".".'.'".".'."".■".'.■." ls"fifi"l7Vi7i ??« 



bachelor .■.■.■.;■. i^, bb, 1/d, 174, 218 



arrival of 2;25,"82,'i29,"i33,"i49,"420, 422 



habits of ' 'rj 21 



branding and marking of -"'*"-". ".'98,"i66.'i37,"i60, 194 



breeding. (/See Rookeries.) ' "J^, ^^* 



catch on Pribilof Islands. (;S'ee Catch.) 



caretakenof 145 -.-r. 



classes separated Sfi 



copulation of ."..!!...... 9 ^ 



disease among, almost unknown 91 



1 ,. ,. ^ 100, 103, 107, 128, isi, i33,"i46,"i51, 183 

 domestication of, easy 59 



. 69, 96, 105, 145, 15^154, 156, Y8Y,182V206, 409 47I 

 extermination of, probable. (-See Pelagic sealiuo^ ) 

 f a^Jts of .^ 3^ 43^ 135^ 166, 210, 359, 472, 475 485 



home" of •;,■;;.■;.-.■;.■;.■.•;;.■;;. ''''>''' '''> '''> 'H 



increase of. ig' §§; 99' ioQ {^5, 155 



indiscriminate killing of. (See Pelagic sealing : Waste of life j 

 killing and driving. (5ee Driving and redriving.) 



byEussians I95 gog 



care taken in l-y 



for food " * 00 



gang, the ...../."..[. 72 



grounds " ' .^2 



how conducted .!....-.......... 68 



none in mid-ocean 350 



«f '"!i"; ■!:::;:;;: m 



season 25 56 83 



management of ^173 178 



migration of . 6, 24; ' 40,' ' ei; ' 62; ' 67," iba 104, 108, 



130, 131, 136, 144, 180, 194, 205, 208, 213, 214 215 216 231 

 260, 264, 266, 268, 270, 271, 279, 283, 288, 292 294 295 296' 

 298, 301, 302, 321, 323, 331, 341, 344, 349, 350 356 358! 365! 

 366, 369, 392, 394, 396, 397, 405, 409, 416 428 430 433 442 

 445, 459, 466, 469, 474, 478, 480, 481, 483, 484, 485 488, 539 



numbers of, how estimated 71 161 



Y^ 1881 -"i76."223,'238,'239! 241 



percentage of, lost m shooting. (;See Pelagic sealing.) 



scent of, keenness _ 591 



shooting, h(iw done *.'.'';.'.''!"*.'!""' 261 315 



sink when shot , 



188, 521, 486 



eize of diminishing ...".; ' "" ' 402 



sex of, indistinguishable in water . . .'5V,"l89,265V2l6,'219, 233V242 255 

 256, 257, 258, 260, 262, 265, 266, 268, 269, 270, 272! 

 273, 274, 275, 280, 283, 287, 288, 294, 295, 298 301 

 310, 318, 345, 348, 372, 374, 388, 392, 446, 477, 479 



no disproportion in _ I59 



South Sea, extermination of 577 



speed in swimming .'!."".'.";!.'."."."."..'.' 6 "(33 "328, 438 



"stagey" season defined §6 



uniparous (see Pups, birth of) lan 



virility of. (^ee Bulls.) 



„ ■ yearlings. (/See Yearlings.) 



^"^^^'{;^;^- 228,554,591 



naip KQi 



bood ::::::: ^91 



Sealsking, buyers of, list 564 kqc 



classes of .'.""!.'.'!' 393" 52l' 522 



distinguishable from each other. . . .516, 519, 558, 569, 571, 573,"575! 58l! 588 

 dressing and dyeing of. (See Dressing and dyeino-.) ' ' ' ' 



examination of, by E. E. Webster ° 493 



in 1892 '.!'.! !'.".! 401, 402 



