THE 



FUR SEALS AND FUR-SEAL ISLANDS 



OF THE 



i^ ;'"'%.:. -NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN. 



li \-^ si /. 



\\ "y' DAVID STARR JORDAN, 



--— - — ^ President of Leland Stanford Jr. University, 



COMMISSIONER IN CHARGE OF FUR-SEAL INVESTIGATIONS OF 1896-97. 

 WITH THE FOLLOWING OFFICIAL ASSOCIATES: 



LKONHARD STEJNEGER and FREDERIC A. LUCAS, 



Of tin© XJ. S. National Nluseum. 



JEFFERSON F. MOSER, 



Lieutenant-Commander, U. S. JV., 

 In Connmandl of ttae XJ. S. FisH Commission Stearxaer -A.lt»atr-oss. 



■ CHARLES H. TOWNSEND, f4 • 



Of the U. S. Fish Comnnission. 't<i *' 



GEORGE A. CLARk, 



Secretary and Stenographer. 



JOSEPH MURRAY, 



special A.gent. 

 WITH SPECIAL PAPERS BY OTHER CONTRIBUTORS. 



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PART 2. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 

 1898. 





