Part 36 (1/2)

CONTENTS OF VOL II

CHAPTER XI.

Hope of release at the new year--Bove's excursion to the open water--Mild weather and renewed severe cold--Mercury frozen--Popular lectures--Brusewitz's excursion to Najtskaj--Another despatch of letters home--The natives' accounts of the state of the ice on the coast of Chukch Land--The Chukches carry on traffic between Arctic America and Siberia--Excursions in the neighborhood of winter quarters--The weather during spring--The melting of the snow--The aurora--The arrival of the migratory birds--The animal world of Chukch Land--Noah Elisej's relief expedition--A remarkable fish--The country clean of snow--Release--The North-East Pa.s.sage achieved.

CHAPTER XII

The history, _physique_, disposition, and manners of the Chukches.

CHAPTER XIII

The development of our knowledge of the north coast of Asia--Herodotus--Strabo--Pliny--Marco Polo--Herbertstein's map--The conquest of Siberia by the Russians--Deschnev's voyages--Coast navigation between the Lena and the Kolyma--Accounts of islands in the Polar Sea and old voyages to them--The discovery of Kamchatka--The navigation of the Sea of Okotsk is opened by Swedish prisoners of war--The Great Northern Expedition--Behring--Schalaurov--Andrejev's Land--The New Siberian islands--Hedenstrom's expeditions--Anjou and Wrangel--Voyages from Behring's Straits westward--Fict.i.tious Polar voyages.

CHAPTER XIV

Pa.s.sage through Behring's Straits--Arrival at Nunamo--Scarce species of seal--Rich vegetation--Pa.s.sage to America--State of the ice--Port Clarence--The Eskimo--Return to Asia--Konyam Bay--Natural conditions there--The ice breaks up in the interior of Konyam Bay--St. Lawrence Island--Preceding visits to the Island--Departure to Behring Island

CHAPTER XV

The position of Behring Island--Its inhabitants--The discovery of the Island by Behring--Behring's death--Steller--The former and present fauna of the Island: foxes, sea otters, sea cows, sea lions, and sea bears--Collection of bones of the Rhytina--Visit to a ”rookery”--Torporkoff Island--Alexander Dubovski--Voyage to Yokohama--Lightning stroke

CHAPTER XVI

Arrival at Yokohama--A Telegram sent to Europe--The stranding of the Steamer _A.E. Nordenskiold_--_Fetes_ in j.a.pan--The Minister of Marine, Kawamura--Prince Kito-s.h.i.+ra Kava--Audience of the Mikado--Graves of the Shoguns--Imperial Garden at Tokio--The Exhibition there--Visit to Enos.h.i.+ma--j.a.panese Manners and Customs--Thunberg and Kampfer.

CHAPTER XVII

Excursion to Asamayama--The Nakasendo road--Takasaki--Difficulty of obtaining Quarters for the Night--The Baths at Ikaho--Ma.s.sage in j.a.pan--Swedish matches--Traveling in _Kago_--Savavatari--Criminals--Kusatsu--The Hot Springs and their healing power--Rest at Rokurigahara--The Summit of Asamayama--The Descent--Journey over Usui-toge--j.a.panese Actors--Pictures of j.a.panese Folk life--Return to Yokohama

CHAPTER XVIII

Farewell dinner at Yokohama--The Chinese in j.a.pan--Voyage to Kobe--Purchase of j.a.panese Books--Journey by sail to Kioto--Biwa Lake and the Legend of its Origin--Dredging there--j.a.panese Dancing Girls--Kioto--The Imperial Palace--Temples--Swords and Sword bearers--s.h.i.+ntoism and Buddhism--The Porcelain Manufacture--j.a.panese Poetry--Feast in a Buddhist Temple--Sailing across the Inland Sea of j.a.pan--Landing at Hirosami and s.h.i.+monoseki--Nagasaki--Excursion to Mogi--Collection of Fossil Plants--Departure from j.a.pan

CHAPTER XIX

Hong Kong and Canton--Stone polis.h.i.+ng Establishments at Canton--Political Relations in an English Colony--Treatment of the Natives--Voyage to Labuan--Coal Mines there--Excursion to the sh.o.r.e of Borneo--Malay Villages--Singapore--Voyage to Ceylon--Point de Galle--The Gem Mines at Ratnapoora--Visit to a Temple--Purchase of Ma.n.u.scripts--The Population of Ceylon--Dr. Almquist's Excursion to the Interior of the Island

CHAPTER XX