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masts high on the beach, were found on the east or lagoon side of Brooks 
Island, lat. 28011’ N. long. 1779 18’ to 25’ W. 
40. May 11th, 1862, the bark Yankee, Captain Claxton, passed in lat. 25° 
39’ N., long. 138° 24° W., a wreck with the stump of one mast oniy standing, 
of which the wood was quite black with age. The junk was water-logged, 
and the sea washing entirely over her. Being satisfied there was no life upon 
her, and a heavy sea running, did not board; passed her three-quarters of a 
mile to windward, and the Yankee kept on her course. 
41. In 1862, a Japanese junk was stranded in September near Attu. They 
had drifted in distress for 90 days, and out of a crew of twelve only three sur- 
vived.. These were taken in 1863 to Nicolaefsky, Amoor river, and then re- 
turned to Hakodaté by a Russian war vessel. 
42. In 1862, May 4th, the ship Victor, Captain Crowell, arrived at San 
Francisco, with the captain, officers and crew, eleven in number, of the Jap- 
anese junk Jo-maru, from Kanagawa, December 21, 1861, for Owari and 
Hiogo. On January 5, 1862, was disabled and drifted fromland. Was about 
three months at the mercy of winds and currents, until picked up April 13th, 
1862, in lat. 33° N., long. 1619 26’ E., by the Victor. They were cared for 
by Mr. Brooks, Japanese Consul, and by him returned to Japan, in the 
American schooner Caroline E. Foote, for Hakodaté. 
43. A Japanese junk drifted past Baker’s Island, lat. 0° 13’ N., long. 176° 
22’ W., some time in 1863. Boats were sent out and towed it on to the 
beach. There were four Japanese bodies on board; all were dead. 
44, In 1864, February 4th, on Providence Island, lat. 9° 52’ N., long. 160° 
65’ E., on the Lagoon shore of the island was seen the portions of a vessel 
which had been many years a wreck. Scattered along the outer shore were 
many redwood logs, some of them of great size. 
45. In April, 1869, an abandoned junk was stranded on Adakh, one of the 
Aleutian Isles. 
46. In 1870, in October, the San Salvador ship Louisa Canovera, Captain 
Demoro, when in lat. 37°46’ N., and long. 158° 10’ E., fell in with a dis- 
masted junk, laden with rice, having four dead bodies on board, and no living 
persons. The papers and effects were taken and delivered to the Japanese 
Consul at San Franesico, and by him returned to Japan, November, 1870. 
47, 48, 49. In July, 1871, the old chief at Attu Island, aged 70 years, re-’ 
ported that three Japanese junks had been lost upon the surrounding islets, 
during his recollection, besides one stranded not far from the harbor of that 
island in 1862. 
+50. In 1871, February 2d, in lat. 33945’ N., long. 1419 31° E., about 150 
miles from the coast of Japan, the American ship Annie M. Smull, Captain 
Packer, fellin with the Japanese junk Sumi-yoshi-maru, of Kiushiu, and 
rescued the Captain and three surviving seamen, and landed them at San 
Francisco, February 24, 1871. They sailed from Shiroko, province of Ise, 
January 17, 1871, for Dai Osaki, with a cargo of wood. Two days later they 
were disabled, and drifted to sea, and were picked up seventeen days later. 
51. In 1871, May 23d, in lat. 34° 54’ N., long. 143° 32’ E., Pacific Mail 
steamship China, Captain Cobb, rescued five Japanese seamen from the dis- 
abled junk Sumi-ayee-maru, of Kobe. Eleven out of sixteen originally on 
