INDEX. : 
Abandonment of— Page. 
preeding territory ...-........----.--+- 104 
cause Of. ...-------------------e- e+e 137, 138 
Marunichen..........-.--------------- 138 
Spillet sic eceesewe nce te eee-cave cates 137 
Acreage measurement— 
contrast of .......2-..2-22. cece ee cee e ee 88 
difficulty of ...---.....------ - 2-5 -e eeee 15 
summary of ........-----------2- eee 88 
Act of Congress......---- 2-22-2222 2-22 eee 17 
Actual counts.......-....---.----------- 90, 109 
Adams, Bristow. ....-....---.--------+-++- 21 
Affidavits of furriers ...-....---.--.----+--+ 244 
Agents, Government --..--.---.------ we. 35,191 
Alaska Commercial Company......-------- 28 
lease Of ...--. -. 22-202 eae eee e eee ene 29, 236 
Alaska, transfer of......-...-----+-------- 24 
Aleuts, condition of ...-....--.------+--+-- 34 
notions of. ....------------------- eee 139 
Alexander, A. B.: 
investigations regarding sexes. -.-..--.- 155 
spearing of seals......--..------------ 144 
Alleged change of habits ..--...-..-------- 134 
Allen, Dr. J. A. 22.0 2-22 eee eee eens eee e eres 43, 73 
* American contentions .......------------+- 180 
American fur-seal catch: 
1894 ...2...--- 2d Daiced bee es nes saeeien ee 215 
A895 vce cic cemeise pone weenie eames Ress 217 
TV89G suis cece cies usaecceerdeseeseeees 219 
VS9T ai rcrcionine See eecs mince seid ewe sie 220 
American citizens prohibited from sealing 176, 246 
American management .. ---.-- eee 28 
Amphitheater of Kitovi: 
count Of... -.....----- 2-0 eee eee eee 54, 212 
harems On. .... --+- ese ---- ee cee tees 54 
synopsis of counts. ..---.-------------- 53 
Antarctic segls .--..-.----- -----+ eee 2 eee ee 43 
Arbitration Tribunal ...-.--.--------- 30, 177, 231 
award of .....----------+----eeeeeeeeee 231 
declarations of ...--.----------+---+---- 236 
» regulations Obst ccc sale de ceeiese see's 180, 234 
Arbitrary selection of males....-.-.------- 136 
Arbitration: 
proposals for....-----.----2+2-----++°: 178 
treaty Of......------ seen cece ee renee 179, 228 
Arctocephalus .......--------------e eee eee 43 
Ardigven s..-sasses cesncceeeeeswenss ~---. 39, 107 
Arrival of seals <2 s.02sccc.cecsscnecies oeien 49 
Atlantic seals -..-. 22-2. cee eee eee e ee cones 43 
Average harem......-.-------------- 0-2-0 90 
| Babine, Ai V sccisine sane secnee seesacscce coae 37 
Bachelor, the 22... se22 tco0sesncssceeceese 46 
Bachelors: 
Vanding Oftscass sess sscedeccesaceccse 49 
of Bering Island ........-......--.---- 135 
Bachelor herd, decline of ....-......-..---- 29 
Barrett-Hamilton, G. E. H ......--..------ 18, 125 
Basis of enumeration........-..----------- 101 
Bayard, Secretary .......-.---.22-------0-- 177 
Beaman, J. W., counts’ of......-..--------- 82, 83 
Bering Island ......-.-------------+-+--- ..- 119 
dearth of bulls on....-.....-..-.------ 125 
Bering Sea, sealing in ....-.---.---.----- 1438, 146 
Bering, Vitus, second voyage of.......--..- 23 
Blaine, Secretary .....-.------------+---++- 178 
Breeding grounds..........-----.--+-+---- 36 
Breeding seals: 
estimate of .... 2.222. cee eee ents eee 89 
summary Of ...-..---- +--+ -20---02 ----- 93 
Breeding season: 
breaking up ...-..-----------+-0------ 67 
height of, .. -0. s-02--- sessed soawee ses 53, 54 
British contentions........-...------------ 87, 
153, 154, 159, 161, 162, 163, 168, 180 
Bryant, Capt. Charles .....---..---------- 77, 139 
estimate for 1869 ...-....---.--------+- WW 
note on Kitovi ...-...----.------------ 82 
Buckshot in seals ..-.--...---.------++---- 145 
Bull, the -..... 2... --0ee0 cee e ne eee eeee eee 46 
Bulls: 
condition of. ..-.-. .----- +--+ --0+--+e-e 67 
COUNT. OF... a -cieenddasiene ceed cceteawers 100 
discipline of .....-..-------- +--+ +-+--- 58 
fasting of ........2---+------ eee eee eee 57 
fighting of ..-....-..---- segaauine 52, 59, 60, 61 
no lack Of........--22 enone eee eee 122, 127 
not impotent.... ..-------------- aki cictes 127 
proportion of, to COWS ..-..-.---- +--+ 119, 194 
scarcity of, on Bering Island..-..-..----- 125 
superfluous ...-..--------- +222 eee eee 120 
