CONTENTS. Vli 



of Alcohol. — A Hut. — Refuge from the Storm. — Struggling 

 against the Wind. — Crossing Streams. — Another Hut, and a 

 Burial Place. — Camping in a Crevice. — Reduced to Seal-skin 

 from Pantaloons. — Making for the Mountains. — Miserable Shelter. 



— A Deserted Settlement. — A Needed Refuge. — Discovered by a 

 Native. — Carried to a Camp. — Their Journey Southward. — 

 Impossibility of Communication. — Ku Mark Surka. — Bulun. — 

 The Telegraphic Message. — The Appearance of Chief-Engineer 

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CHAPTER XX. 



' THE FORTUNES OF THE WHALEBOAT PARTY. 



12 September — 2 November, 1881. 



The Separation in the Gale. — Heaving to. — The Storm. — Standing 

 in toward the Coast. — The Mouth of a Broad River. — A Landing. 



— Up the River. — Discovery of Natives. — Cape Borkhia. — Pi- 

 loted by the Starosti. — Arrhu. — Geeomovialocke. — Attempts to 

 reach Bulun. — Condition of the Men. — Dispatches. — Kusmah. — 

 Kusmah sets out for Bulun. — Lieutenant Danenhower attempts 

 to reach Barkin. — Anxiety at Kusmah's Delay. — Return of 

 Kusmah. — Intelligence of Nindemann and Noros. — Mr. Melville 

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CHAPTER XXI. 



THE FIRST SEARCH. 



3 — 27 November, 1881. 



Bartlett arrives at Bulun with Dispatches from Geeomovialocke. — 

 Mr. Melville goes North to Buralak. — Meets the Whaleboat Party. 



— Sends them South to Bulun and Yakutsk. — Proceeds in the 

 Track of Nindemann and Noros. — At Bulcour. — The Two Crosses. 



— Mat Vai. — Kas Karta. — North Bulun. — Is shown Records left 

 by Captain De Long. — To Balloch. — Finds the Cache made when 

 the First Cutter Landed. — Secures the Deposit. — Returns to North 

 Bulun. — To Osoktok. — To Sister Ganach. — Loses the Trail. — 

 His Perilous Condition. — Sets out to return to Bulun. — A Severe 

 Journey. — Rejoins the Party at Bulun. — Proceeds with them to 

 Yakutsk. — Remains at Yakutsk with Nindemann and Bartlett. — 

 Lieutenant Danenhower proceeds to Irkutsk. — Details of Men to 

 assist in Spring Search. — Lieutenant Danenhower returns to 

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