. Fur seal arbitration. Proceedings of the Tribunal of arbitration, convened at Paris, under the treaty between the United States ... and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, February 29, 1892, for the determination of questions between the two governments concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of Bering sea . ir hauling grounds. ()ver these massesof rock the females scramble and stumble during theentire bleeding season, and in maintaining the control of his householdthe bull dashes here and there, striking repeatedlj^ against the sharpedges of the rocks wit
. Fur seal arbitration. Proceedings of the Tribunal of arbitration, convened at Paris, under the treaty between the United States ... and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, February 29, 1892, for the determination of questions between the two governments concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of Bering sea . ir hauling grounds. ()ver these massesof rock the females scramble and stumble during theentire bleeding season, and in maintaining the control of his householdthe bull dashes here and there, striking repeatedlj^ against the sharpedges of the rocks with a force that to the onlooker would seem tothreaten his life. At no time during 1801 was there other than the greatest care exer-,, . ,. cised in inotecting the breeding grounds from intrusion ilMIiagClllOUt ot. 1 1 J ? • 1 . T , 1 i or molestation, precautions l)eing taken that to a novicewould seem excessive; nor could I iind by the most diligent inquiryamong the natives that there had been any deviation from these rulesBince the American occupancy of the islands, nor during that time hadthere been the killing of a female seal save by the rarest accident. The hauling gr<mnds of the young badielors, which is usuallysomewhat removed from the breeding grounds, is the only portion ofa rookery uiwu which any intrusion is
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