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Contents of Report
Sketch of Kurils
Topography 
Currents
Climate
Plants and Animals
Nations
[[Thihinis?]]
Kurilensis
[[Etuovfri?]]
Sea otter
Fur seal
Tables
Sketch of the Sea otter hunting
Appendix 

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be run so much cheaper, that [[strikethrough]]a[[/strikethrough]] 100 skins will pay expenses and 200 gain a handsome profit.  He would like to see such laws and regulations established which would keep out the Victoria and San Francisco schooners from this side. 

K. mentioned that the pelagic sealers are of the opinion that seals are as plentiful as ever, and that if a diminution takes place it is the because of excessive 

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Transcription Notes:
Kurilensis = Kuril seal Eumetopias? = Steller's sea lion