INDEX 



Adventure with a bear, 201. 

 Aigun, 270. 



„ treaty of, 2, 51, 52. 

 Ajan, 113. 

 Alaska, 15. 



Albatross, steamer, 90. 

 Aleout Islands, 15, 16. 

 Alexiet^', a merchant, 5, 6. 

 Altitudes, 3,000 ft., 205, 241, 247. 

 „ 4,000 ft., 185,244. 

 „ S,oooft., 190, 194. 

 „ 5,200 ft., 215. 

 „ 7,000 ft., 88. 

 „ 8,000 ft., 177. 

 „ 11,554 ft., 89. 

 Amphitrite Straits, 267. 

 Amur River, 4, 19, 20, 21, 41, 42, 

 46, 47- 

 „ high waves of the, 



286. 

 „ width of, at Niko- 



laievsk, 284. 

 „ types on the, 290. 



Amur, steamer, 42, 44. 

 Anadyr Bay, 263. 



„ River, 5, 6, ii, -Ji. 

 Anadyrsk, 7, 10, 13. 

 Angara River, y^ 

 Asatcha inlet, 129, 263. 

 Askold Island, 69, 

 Atlassoff, a Cossack, 5. 8, 9. 



Auk, tufted, captured, 83. 



Aurochs reported, 30. 



Avatcha Bay and River, 8, 11, 15, 

 17, 20, 21, 69, 84, 85, 86, 93, 119, 

 125, 134, 221, 222, 224, 264. 



Avatchinsky Peak, 88, 120. 



Ayan port, 72. 



Baikal, Lake, ^^T. 



„ fishes of, 35, 38. 

 Baikal steamer, 68, 70, 72, 82, 89, 



91, 128, 226, 262, 263. 

 Barges swamped, 288. 

 Barracouta lighthouse, 269. 

 Barrow Point, T^, 74, yi. 

 Bears, 38, 56, 108, 109, 114, 146, 

 156, 178, 180, 181, 1S8, 

 190, 193, 20 r, 204. 

 „ gall-bladders of, 220. 

 „ tame ones, 285, 286. 

 „ weight of, 183. 

 Behring, 11, 13, 15. 



,, monument to, 95. 

 Straits, 5. 73. 

 Bighorn, 30, 35, 54, -jZ, 114, 151, 



189, 191, 225, 252. 

 Blagovestchensk, 30, 50, 51, 52, 55, 

 64, 270, 289, 



„ arrival at, 292. 



Bogoraz, Dr., 73, 74, -j-j, 78, 263. 



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