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INDEX. 



Otome, Bchoocer — Continneil. Page. 



raid on Bering Island 189 



seizure of 189,258 



Otsego, schooner 75, 77, 239 



Otto, schooner 195, 197, 199, 201 



Outline of rookeries 87 



Overkilling of seals : 



alleged 173,177, 180,181,182 



distinct from anticipation of catch 179 



Oxycoccus oxy coccus 359 



Oxypoda opaca 31, 332 



Oxyria reniformis 244 



Paetz, Waldemar 118 



Pagani 63 



Palata 62, 64, 65, 145, 169 



Palatinskoye lezhbishtche 62 



Pardosa 348 



Paramushir 239 



Patrobns septentrionis 329 



Patiila radiata 33 



Peat deposits ,- 47 



analysis of 48 



Pedicularis chamissonis 360 



sudetioa 360 



Pelagic flora of Bering Island 35 



Pelagic sealing : 



in American waters 225 



in Asiatic waters 226, 261 



off Commander Islands. . 190, 191, 194, 195, 196 



off Japanese coast 86, 175, 261, 264 



beginning of 178, 179, 190, 225 



classes of seals taken 267 



See also Logs of sealers. 



dangers 264,265 



decrease in seals taken 268 



effects of 175,226,229,231 



future 273 



loss of vessels 264,265,206 



number of hunting days 268, 269, 270, 272 



regulations by Japanese Government. 321, 322 



responsible for decrease of seals 173, 181 



subsidies for 325 



Pelikan, A., Eussian consul 189 



Pelly, Capt. F. E 11,104 



Pencil sketches by author offered in evi- 

 dence 134, 137, 144, 147, 362, 363 



Penelope, schooner 77, 86, 



190, 191, 1£5, 197, 255, 256, 258, 262, 270, 271 



log of 212,291 



Pereshey ek, Copper Island 57 



PercsheyekskiKamen,Gliuka,Copper Island 62, 63 



Pestshanaya Bay 57 



Pestshani hauling ground 65, 169, 172 



killing grounds 66 



salt house 65 



Pestshanoye Lake 58 



Petasites japonica 245 



Petersen, Captain 82, 238, 253, 256 



Petropaulski 119 



meteorological station 21 



Pezomachus nigrellus 340 



Pfluger, Vice-Consul 117 



Philonthus seneus 332 



Phalacrocorax perspicillatus 31 



Phanerogams : 



of Commander Islands 34, 353 



of Kurils 244 



of Eobben Island 67 



Philippeus 118 



Phoca fasciata 30 



foBtida 30 



groenlandica 30 



largha 30 



ursina 84 



Phora 344 



Phorbia 344 



Photographs 134 



value of, for comparison 87 



Photographs of rookeries 80, 138, 



142, 143, 144, 146, 147, 156, 362, 363, 364, 365 



Phyllodooe coerulea 359 



Physeter macrooephalus 30 



Physicians 50 



Picris hieracioiiles 35,361 



Pioneer, schooner 197, 199, 201, 202, 267 



Pisidium equilaterale 33 



Plantago major asiatica 360 



Plants : 



of Commander Island 34, 352 



of Kuril.Islands 244 



of Eobben Island 67 



Plateaus on Bering Island 51 



Plesignathus rubriciuctus 339 



Pleurotoma beringi 33 



Poa annua 34, 353, 354 



stenantha 34,353,354 



turneri 244,247 



Podutiosnaya Elver 51 



Pointer, schooner 275 



loss of 275 



Polavino 51 



Polemonium oceruleuni acntiflornm . 359 



Poludionnoy e lezhbishtche 50 



rookery 54, 5G 



Polygonum viviparum 355 



Polymastia laganoides 33 



Polystoma, n. sp 332 



Population : 



ageof 38 



of Commander Island 36,38 



tables of 37,38 



