LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
(The maps and photograi^hs are hy the author unless otherwise stated.) 
Plate 
No. 
1. — Map of western portion of Bering Sea. Solid red line is 30 miles from shore of Commander 
Islands; broken red line 150 miles from same. Figures in red indicate the noon positions of 
11 schooners and the number of seals taken during the preceding 24 hours. 
2. — Isotherms of the surface of the sea for August 16. (From Makarof’s ‘‘ Vitiaz i Tikhi Okeau,” pi. 
t'li, with the permission of the author. ) This map also serves as a general map of the region, 
sliowing the relative position of the islands mentioned in this report. 
3. — Temperatures and specific gravity of the watei' in Bering Sea between Kamchatka and the Com- 
mander Islands, July 29 to August 2, 1888. (From Makarof’s “Vitiaz i Tikhi Okean,” pi. 
VIII, hy permission of the author.) VUiaz station No. 107, July 29, 4 p. m. ; 108, July 29, 6.40 
p. m. ; 109, .luly 30, 9 a. m. ; 110, .July 30, 8.15 p. m. ; 111, July 31, 8.37 p. m. ; 113, August 2, 
4.30 p. m. Temperatures in ceutigrades; depths in meters. 
4. — Map of Bering Island. From surveys by the author in 1882-83 and 1895. 
5. — Maps of Co]i]ier Island. From surveys hy the author in 1882-83 and 1895. 
6. — Map of straits between Eobben Island and Cape Patience, Sakhalin. From a plan by Lieutenant 
Schultz, 1. E. N., 1885. 
Plan of Eobben Island (Tiiileni Island). From .a plan by Lieutenant Shamof, I. K. N., 1884. 
7. — Map of North Eookery, Bering Island. Distribution of seals, 1882. 
8. — Map of North Eookery, Bering Island. Distrilmtiou of seals, July, 1895. 
9. — Sketch map of Poliidionnoye Eookery, Bering Island. Distribution of seals, 1882. 
10. — Sketch map of Poliidionnoye Eookery, Bering Island. Distribution of seals, 1895. 
11. — ^lap of Karahelnoye Eookery, Copper Island. Distribution of seals, July 3-10, 1883. 
12. — Map of Karahelnoye Eookery, Copper Island. Distribution of seals, August 1-2, 1895. 
13. — Map of Glinka Rookeries, Copper Island. Distribution of seals, July 13-16, 1883. 
14. — Map of Glinka Rookeries, Copper Island. Distribution of seals, August 2-7, 1895. 
15 «. — Heracleum Janatum, North Rookery, Bering Island, August 23, to show the luxuriant growth of 
vegetation. 
15?i. — ^Yurt or sod-hut, Nikolski, Bering Island, August 20, 1895. 
16n. — Wooden frame of yurt. North Rookery village, Bering Island, 1895. 
16fc. — Kamchatkan cattle, Nikolski, Bering Island, 1895. 
17a. — Nikolski village, Bering Island, from bluff hack of schoolhouse, July 11, 1895. In the back- 
ground to the left the three Saranna Lotka Mountains. 
176. — New schoolhouse (left) and governor’s office (right), Nikolski village, Bering Island. 
18a. — Company’s house, Nikolski, Bering Island. Mr. Grebnitski inside of fence; Mr. Kluge outside. 
186. — Company’s store, Nikolski, Bering Island, 1895. Beyond, Mr. Grebnitski’s residence. 
19a. — Reef and Sivutchi Kamen, North Eookery, Bering Island, from sledge road. Killing-grounds 
with barrels for salted seal meat in middle foreground. July 15, 1895. 
196. — Reef and kSivutchi Kamen, North Rookery, Bering Island, from driveway at lower end of killing- 
grounds, July 9, 1895, 6.30 p. m. 
20. — Reef and Sivutchi Kamen, North Rookerj', Bering Island. Pencil sketch by the author, July 30, 
1882, to show distribution of seals. 
21a. — Reef and Sivutchi Kamen, west half. North Rookery, Bering Island, July 15, 1895, 5 p. m., to 
show distribution of seals as compared with pi. 20. 
216. — The same, east half. 
22a. — Reef, North Rookery, Bering Island, from driveway, July 15, 1895,5.30 p. m., showing plenty of 
seals in the water ; west half. 
226. — The same ; east half. 
23. — Kishotchnaya, North Rookery, Bering Island. July 16, 1895, 9.45 a. m., low water. 
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