Notebooks, circa 1896-1897 : vol. V, Japan, 1896
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PrintThis field book contains Stejneger's notes from his research in Hakodate, Hokkaido in the northern region of Japan. Pages are numbered 501-559. Stejneger's narrative entries contain explanatory notes regarding the characteristics of different seal herds, seal migration patterns, and attitudes of local pelagic sealers on various issues including implementing a closed season for hunting. Also included is a timeline beginning 1877 of the number of seals and sea otters killed, the locations, and other notes regarding sealing for that year.
1896
Sep 12, 1896
Sep 18, 1896
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SIA RU007074
Leonhard Stejneger Papers, 1753, 1867-1943
1 field book
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