CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



ROUND YBSSO. 



Wild Geese— Sea Lions — At Cape Yerimo— Cachalots— Cold and 

 warm Currents— Aino Settlement — At Akishi Bay — Swans 

 — Solitary Aino — Spruce Grouse— Anchorage at Hamanaka — 

 More Ainos — Eagles on Island — Cape Noyshap — Nemero 

 Island — Weather in May and June — Herring — Mode of 

 Fishing — Snipe {GalUnago australis) — Yesso Brown Bear — 

 Inquisitive Crows — Kunashir Island — Grey Plover — Seals — 

 Eagle's nest in Fir-tree — Trees — Albatross — Prevalence of Fogs 

 — A pet Bear on Board — Flowers — Oteranai — Salmon-Fishery 

 on the Iskari — Enormous quantity caught — Average tempera- 

 ture of South-west Coast — Coal — The Ainos — Their Habits 

 and Customs — Wreck of the Eliza Gorry — Kinndess of the 

 People . . Pages 1-36 



CHAPTER 11. 



SEARCH FOR SPIDER-CRAB, THE INLAND SEA REVISITED, 

 OCTOPUS, ETC. 



The Inland Sea, a fairy region — Its Islands— The Spider- Crab : 

 its Scarcity — Efforts to procure it — A trip to Enosima — Kama- 

 kura and its Temples — A very hot Bath — Arrival at Enosima 

 — Relics of the Crab — Cave— Hot Sulphur Spring — Painted 



