14 CONTENTS. 



and the Circumstances. — Travel to another Settlement. — The head 

 Man a savage Fellow. — Traveling towards East Cape. — Seaboard 

 Route. — Natives kind. — Begging by the Way. — The Whale Boat. — 

 The Broadside of a Ship. — Ship in the Ice. — Drift Stuff. — Sun's 

 Reflection. — Sore Eyes. — Snow Blindness. — The Blind led with 

 Strings. — Partial Remedy. — East Cape reached. — Cordially re- 

 ceived by the Natives 169 



CHAPTER X. 



East Cape, a Point of Observation. — The greater Part of our Men gath- 

 ered here. — The Kanaka. — Weather softening. — Ice still firm.— 

 Arctic Scenes. — Icequakes. — Migratory Fowl. — A Whale discov- 

 ered. — Gala Time among the Natives. — The Natives thorough Drink- 

 ers. — A drunken " Spree." — Cruise into the Country. — Birds-egging. 



— Incidents. — Native Manner of killing Fowl. — Amusements of the 

 Natives. — Vegetation. — Face of the Country. — Fish. — Fowl. — The 

 Ochotsk Sea and Country 179 



CHAPTER XI. 



The Ocean still frozen over on the 22d of June. — On the 24th the Ice 

 began to break up. — Whales appear. — Walrus follow the Ice. — Daily 

 looking for Ships. — Report of our Wreck five hundred Miles below 

 East Cape. — Method of sending News by tlie Natives. — Ships noti- 

 fied of our Condition. — How. — The Resolution of Captains Jerne- 

 gan and Goosinan — Arrival of two Ships off East Cape. — Natives 

 first spy them. — Stir in the Settlement Happy Day of Deliverance. 



— Words feeble to express our Joy A fit Occasion for Gratitude and 



Thanks to God. — Preparations to go on board. — The Welcome of 



Captain Goosman. — Captain Norton with Captain Jernegan Crew 



collected. — Changed our native for sailor Dress. — Liberality of the 

 Officers and Crews in furnishing Clothes. — A Review of the Past. — 

 The Settlement visited — Dinner. — Arrival at the Islands. — A Card. 197 



CHAPTER XII. 



A Whaling Community. — Interest felt for absent Ones. — The first 

 Intelligence from the Whaling Fleet.— California Mail. — Further 

 News from the Islands. — " Missing Ships." — No Report of the Citi- 

 zen. — No Letters. — Fears as to her Safety. — When last spoken with. 



