Notebooks, circa 1896-1897 : vol. V, Japan, 1896

Related Titles

Contained In: Leonhard Stejneger Papers, 1753, 1867-1943

Series: SIA RU007074

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1896

Notes

This 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.

Subjects

Diary , Field notes , Hakodate , International Fur-Seal Commission , Japan , Northern fur seal , Zoologists

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141597