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masts high on the beach, were found on the east or lagoon side of Brooks 

 Island, lat. 280 11' N. long. 177o 18' to 25' W. 



40. May 11th, 1862, the bark Yankee, Captain Claxton, passed in lat. 25^ 

 39' N., long. 1380 24' W., a wreck with the stump of one mast only 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 m 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 Hakodate by a Russian war vessel. 



42. In 1862, May 4th, the ship Victor, Captain Crowell, arrived at San 

 Francisco, with the captain, ofl&cers and crew, eleven in number, of the Jap- 

 anese junk lo-maru, from Kanagawa, December 21, 1861, for Owari and 

 Hiogo. On January 5, 1862, was disabled and drifted from land. Was about 

 three months at the mercy of winds and currents, until picked up April 13th, 

 1862, in lat. 33-^ N., long. 1610 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 Hakodate. 



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. 370 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 Francsico, 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. 33^45' N., long. 141o 31' E., about 150 

 miles from the coast of Japan, the American ship Annie M. Smull, Captain 

 Packer, fell in 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. 340 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 



