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2. Alleged promiscuous nursing of pups by female seals:

Promiscuous nursing denied...

Elliott and Bryant as authorities in the Report...

Cow's affection for her young

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Analogy with other animals....

Authorities relied upon in the Report...

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Mr. C. H. Jackson a questionable authority

Sir F. McCoy as an authority..

3. Period at which the female seals go into the water..

Capt. Byant's statements.....

The one authority for the Report's position..

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Position taken by the Report and the authorities..

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Testimony of C. H. Townsend..

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Failure of the Report to show change of management after 1880..

FIRST, NEW PROPOSITIONS, ETC.-Continued.

Management as an alleged cause of decrease-Continued.

Irrelevancy of the first division....

Unfairness of statements as to Russian period.

The number of seals killed from 1860 to 1865..

Second division of evidence....

Comparisons of harems, 1870 and 1890, irrelevant..

The curtailment of H. W. Elliott's statement..

Overdriving and redriving subsequent to 1880, irrelevant .

Denial of decrease prior to 1880....

The Report, an apology for pelagic sealing

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1. That the percentage of female seals in pelagic catch is not large.

Catches of vessels seized by Russia, 1892; 90 per cent females...

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Examination of pelagic catches, 1892.

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Proportion of females taken at sea prior to 1870.....

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2. That pelagic sealing in Bering Sea is not as destructive to seal life

as pelagic sealing in the North Pacific.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FIRST, NEW PROPOSITIONS, ETC.-Continued.

Pelagic sealing-Continued.

2. That pelagic sealing in Bering Sea is not destructive to seal life as

pelagic sealing in the North Pacific-Continued.

4. Possible raids as a cause..

All the bodies emaciated

Great decrease of dead pups in 1892

Cause of decrease of dead pups.

Increased mortality on Russian rookeries...

Comparative sizes of Bering Sea and Pacific catches

Sealing season in Bering Sea and Pacific compared..

Average daily catch in Bering Sea and Pacific compared.

3. That the waste of life resulting from pelagic sealing is insignifi-
cant.

Waste of life insignificant..

The evidence advanced in the Report..

Percentage of seals lost by Indians..

Percentage of seals lost by white hunters..

Tabulated statements of white hunters.

Inconsistencies of statements..

Sources of "White Hunters'" table.

Table only gives seals lost by sinking..

Seals lost by wounding.....

The bases for the apology unwarranted....

SECOND, NEW MATTER ALLEGED NOT HERETOFORE DISCUSSED.

Habits of the fur-seals.

1. That the Alaskan seal herd has a defined winter habitat.

The "winter habitat" theory

The bulls do not resort to the "winter habitat"

Object of proposing this theory.

The data insufficient to establish

Testimony in opposition

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Seals followed along Vancouver Island

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Seals scattered during winter months

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Seals found in lat. 40° N. and long. 172° W.

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New migration chart presented with Counter Casc.

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2. That the Alaskan seal herd has changed its habits as a result of

disturbance on the breeding islands and of pelagic sealing.

SECOND, NEW MATTER ALLEGED NOT Heretofore DISCUSSED-Continued.

Habits of the fur-seals-Continued.

Pago.

2. That the Alaskan seal head has changed its habits, etc.-Continued.

One home of Alaskan seal herd......

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THIRD, REGULATIONS PROPOSED IN THE REPORT-Continued.

(c) Specific scheme of regulations recommended-Continued.

"Compensatory adjustments" proposed.

Supposed pelagic catch, 10,000 a week.

Unfairness of Commissioners shown

Alternative methods of regulations...

REPLY OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE BRITISH CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES.

Seizures admitted.....

Prohibition of sealing in Bering Sea..

Reasons why seizures were made.

Vessels seized, owned by United States citizens..

Relations of Boscowitz, Warren and Cooper.

Joseph Boscowitz, United States citizen, owner..

A. J. Bechtel, United States citizen, owner..

A. Frank, United States citizen, owner...

No damages can be awarded for prospective profits.

Decision in Geneva Arbitration..

All damages claimed excessive..

Questions submitted under Article VIII.

COUNTER CASE REASSERTS THE POSITIONS TAKEN IN THE CASE.

DIPLOMATIC CORRESPODENCE :

Relating to the interpretation of the Treaty of Arbitration....

Relating to the number of seals killed on St. Paul Island, 1860-1866...

Relating to the visits of foreign whalers to Bering Sea.

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SEIZURES OF AMERICAN AND BRITISH VESSELS BY RUSSIA IN 1892.

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