Out of Stock
Overview
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: mer fa purely gratuitous assumption], the migration routes of the two sides of the North Pacific are essentially distinct. (See also Sees. 170,198, 210, 220.) Without any evidence, then, on the side of the United States, it might be asserted, on the lleport of the British Commissioners alone, that any intermingling of the two herds is abnormal and exceptional, although these gentlemen are inclined to think that in the remote future this separation may disappear. (e THE ALASKAN FUR-SEALS HAVE BUT ONE HOME, NAMELY, THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. THEY NEVER LEAVE THIS HOME WITHOUT THE ANIMUM REVERTENDI, AND ABE NEVEE SEEN ASHORE EXCEPT ON THOSE ISLANDS. The testimony as to this fact is uncontradicted except by the curious and utterly unsupported statement of the British Commissioners that the animals actually enjoy and occupy two homes; that is, they have a winter domicile, which is not given, except by a vague and general designation (British Commissioners' Report, Sec. 27), and a summer place of resort, which is the Pribilof Islands. There is no pretense that they ever land elsewhere. The force of this original suggestion of a double residence would be much increased if the slightest indication were given to enable us to test the accuracy and to aid the Commissioners in satisfying the world of scientists that a grave error has heretofore been committed and continnously accepted. But as we are endeavoring to treat the assertion as seriously and respectfully as possible, we submit that in the face of absolute and uncontradicted proof, corroborated by general scientific experience, we are not bound to devote any considerable space to the demonstration that the fact must be taken to be as we have stated it. In fairness to the Commissioners for Great Britain, it may be proper to ca...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217217620 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0217217621 |
| Weight | 0.50 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.34 In |
| List Price | $23.74 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Pages | 148 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
