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CHAPTER XIV. 
Wild Cattle— The Dog aud his Master— A Haul of Salmon— Seaweed- 
collecting Fisheumen — A Jovial Crew — A Weakness for Skulls 
Olga Bay— Capture of a strange Insect— Place of Refuge for Old 
Seals— Appearance of three Ainos— St. Vladimir Baj^— A Useful 
Beacon — The Emerald Wing. 
Beef was wanted by our sailors, and tlie owner 
of some half-wild cattle was willing to sell, pro- 
vided the animals could be caught. The beasts, 
which at this Jeafy period arc out in the wilder- 
ness, revelling in the luxuriant grasses, are very 
difficult to approach. A party of seamen, however, 
eager for the fun, were furnished with ropes and 
running bowlines ; and after much tearing through 
brushwood, floundering in swamps, shouting, laugh- 
ing, and mad excitement, succeeded in making 
prisoners of two little plump, bright-eyed bullocks. 
I followed in the wake of this merry party, and in 
my scramble I never saw a country so entirely given 
