INDEX 



287 



Spruce forest, II, 50 



Squalus sucklii (Gerard), II, 59 



Starichkov Island, I, 265 



Starik, II, 106, 124 



Starodubtsov, Sav^a, I, 235 



State Island. I, 2; II, 73 



Stealing, II, 161 



Stejneger, Leonhard, I, 365; H, x,. 8, 

 III; Bering Island surveys in 1882- 

 83 (map), II, opp. 208; reconstructed 

 tract of St. Peter on approaching Ber- 

 ing Island (map), II, 130; reconstruc- 

 tion of Steller's first measurement of a 

 sea cow (ill.), II. opp. 202; relics of 

 Bering's second expedition recovered 

 on Bering Island in 1882 (ills.), II. 

 opp. 159; sketch of Bering's monu- 

 ment in Petropavlovsk (ill.), II, opp. 

 186; sketch of Copper Island in 1883 

 (ill.). II, 175; sketch of Mt. Steller 

 (ill.), II, opp. 194; sketch of Yushin's 

 Valley (ill.), II, opp. 202; sketches 

 of Cape Manati and Steller's Arch 

 (ills.), II, opp. 195; on Steller's sea 

 cow, II, 139; translation by, II, x;C/.5. 

 Natl. Museum Bull. 2g, II, 23, 260; 

 visit to Kayak Island, II, 41 ; works on 

 botany and zoology of Commander 

 Islands, II, 259. 260, 261, 262, 263 



Stejneger, Mt., II, 175 



Steller, G. W., I, 29, 235; acceptance of 

 Bering's offer to join second expedi- 

 tion, II, 16; on Bering Island, I, 233, 

 238, 279; II, 134; Bering's navigation 

 on July 27, 1741. I. 335; II. 61; Ber- 

 ing's plan for second sea voyage, I, 

 35; " Beschreibung von dem Lande 

 Kamtschatka," I, 359; H. viii, 44. 45, 

 189, 190, 256; "Beschreibung von 

 . . . Meerthieren," II, 222, 255; 

 biographical material on, II, 251; 

 biographical note, II, i; books pos- 

 sessed by him, II, 2; "Catalogus 

 plantarum in insula Beringii observa- 

 tarum," II, 179. 238, 254; "Catalogus 

 plantarum . . . iuxta promontori- 

 um Eliae observatarum," II, 57, 58, 

 84, 239. 254; Chirikov Island, I, 334- 

 335; II, 62; complained of to the 

 Russian Senate, II, 3; criticisms of 

 Bering, II, 17; "De bestiis marinis," 

 II, 139, 222, 224, 226, 236, 24s, opp. 

 202, opp. 229, 255; death, II, 4; 

 discoveries and character, II, 4; 

 Gmelin, J. G., and, II, 242, 246; 

 handwriting, facsimile, II, 248; in- 



Steller {continued) 



terview with Bering in March, 1741. 

 11,3; Kamchatka appointment, II, i; 

 on Kayak Island, I, 271 ; II, 36, 37.40, 

 si; letter to Gmelin about the voy- 

 age (Appendix B), II, 242; letters to 

 J. G. Gmelin, II, 256; measuring a 

 sea cow (ill.), II, opp. 228; on Nagai 

 Island. II, 77; plant catalogues, II, 

 254; "Reise von Kamtschatka nach 

 Amerika," I, 351. 359; on Shumagin 

 Islands, I, 336; II, 77; storm of 

 Sept. 30, 1741. I. 338; II, 115; treat- 

 ment of Bering and others, II, 6, 40; 

 voyage to America, 11,3; weaknesses, 

 II, 4, 5; work after returning from 

 Amerika, II, 3; works in manuscript, 

 II. 253; works published, II, 5, 255. 

 See also Steller's journal 



Steller, Mt., II, 194, opp. 194 (ill.) 



Steller's Arch, II, opp. 195 (ill-), i97 



Steller's Cave, II, 197, 237 



Steller's Hill, II, opp. 44 (ill.), 49 



Steller's journal, account of voyage, II, 

 21-187; facsimile of fol. 15 of MS 

 found in 1917 (ill.), II, 38; facsimile 

 of folios 76 and 77 of MS copy 

 (ills.), II, 165, 166; facsimile of 

 pages of Pallas' edition in German in 

 1793 (ills.), II, 39, 164; first complete 

 English translation, II, ix; first pub- 

 lication, II, vii; German copies, II, 

 ix; manuscript copy, II, vii, 253-254; 

 present translation, II, x; Russian 

 translation, II, 63, no, 254; title 

 page and introduction, II, 9 



Steller's sea cow, II, 139. See also 

 Manati; Sea cows 



Steller's sea monkey, II, 64. 65, 66 



Stepanov, Savin, I, 220, 281, II, 146 



Sterna paradisaea, II, 23 



Sterna turneri, II, 23 



Stibnite, I. 320 



Stickleback, I, 309 



Sticks with feathers, I, 147, 148, 274; 

 II, 92, 95. 102 



Stinging jelly fishes, II, 28 



Stoller, Augustin, II, 251 



Storehouses, II, 47 



Storm fishes, II, 63, in 



Storms, American coast, I, 120; 5^ Peter 

 driven back by, Sept.-Oct. 1741. 

 I, 170, 275, 338; II, 109-118; St. 

 Peter's approach to Bering Island, II, 

 132; signs of, II, 106, no, in; snow 

 on Bering Island, II, 170, 171 



