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.CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER XII. 
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I^ort of Mah-lu-san — A Seining Party — Beautiful Scene — 
Hauling the Seine — A Viviparous Pish — Encounter with 
a Snake — A Clever Thief — Deer Island — Buck Shooting — 
Lichens and Toads — The Sunny Gorge — ^Wilford’s Best — 
Range of the Tiger 153 
CHAPTER XIII 
Bus.sian Manchuria — The Coast Line — The Conquerors of 
China — Tartar Braveiy — Province of Liao-tung — Dan- 
gerous Navigation — Mouth of the Liao-ho — A Land of 
I’igs — Use of Cotton Seeds — Furriers’ Shops — Food Plants 
of Manchuria — Chinese Influence — Dagelet Island — Sea 
Bears — Bay of Sio-wu-hu — Manchurian Bulls — The 
Manchus 167 
CHAPTER XIV. 
Wild Cattle— The Dog and his Master — A Haul of Salmon — 
Seaweed-collecting Fishermen — A Jovial Crew — A Weak- 
ness for Skulls — Olga Bay — Capture of a Strange Insect 
—Place of Refuge for Old Seals — Appearance of three 
Ainos — St. Vladimir Bay— A Useful Beacon — The Emerald 
Wing 185 
CHAPTER XV. 
Expedition to an Inland Lake— Search for New Specimens — 
Change of Scene — Botanical Observations — Oi-thopterous 
Insects — Dragon-flies — Trapa natans — “Dash” discom- 
fited — A Picnic Party — Capture of Crustaceans for Dinner 
— Enthusiastic Beetle-hunters — Charred and Blackened 
Trees— Cryptochiton SteUeri — An Impressive Scene . 204 
