PREFACE. 



IX 



All this locality being washed by the cold 

 arctic current abounds with life, and here 

 a field still remains full of riches to the 

 naturalist and explorer. 



As for those rough weather-beaten Kuril 

 Islands, I envy the man who has a chance of 

 examining and exploring the southern and 

 largest of the group. 



Nov. 1880. 



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ANCHORAGE AT AWA SIMA, INLAND SEA. 



