CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE X. 



KAMSCHATKA. 



Cape Kliu — "Walrus — Pennaueiice of suow at the sea-level — Betchevinskaya Bay — 

 Hunting Ovis nivicola — Impassability of tlie busli — A magnificent bag — Descrip- 

 tion and measurements of the Kamschatkan Bighorn — N'atural breakwaters — 

 Seals and bears — Lost in the bush — Return to Peti'opaulovsky — Unveiling of 

 the monument to the affair of 1854 — Ship's pets — Leave Avatcha Bay for the 

 south coast — An otter-hunters' village— Method of killing the sea-otter — The 

 peoples of the peninsula — Lamuts in Kamschatka — We leave for Japan — South- 

 easterly gale — Encounter a typhoon — Loss of Le Gonidec — Another gale- 

 Repair damages in Yokohama ...... Page 209 



CHAPTEE XL 



HISTOEY OF KAMSCHATKA. 



First conquests to the east — Yermac Timovieff — Conquest of Kuchum Khan — The 

 Russians reach the Amoor — Settle at the Anadyr — Theodot discovers Kamschatka 

 — Invasion and conquest of the peninsula — Mutiny of the Cossacks — Bering's 

 first voyage — Discovery of Bering's Straits — His second voyage abortive — 

 Rebellion of the Kamschatdales — Bering's last voyage — Exploration of the 

 Alaskan coast — Discovery of Bering Island — Wreck of the St. Peter — Death of 

 Bering — The survivors reach Kamschatka — Return of the St. Paul — Death of 

 De la Croyere ........ Page 233 



APPENDIX I. 



Page 

 Notes ox Liu-kiu . . . . . .253 



APPENDIX 11. 



Birds of Kamschatka . . . . .274 



Index ........ 279 



