CHAPTER XVI. 
Risiri — Effects of a Violent Gale — Rifunsiri Island— Deserted Fishing 
Sheds — Todomosiri or Seal Island — Aniwa Bay — The Duck Family 
in Full Feather— Ornithology of the Island — Abodes of the Ainos 
— A Domestic Scene — Dress of the Meii-prFeminine Ornament — 
The Hairy Kuriles. 
On the 15tli Septemhcr, 1859, we arrived at 
Risiri, situated on the south side of the western 
entrance to La Perouse Strait. Tliis little island 
was mistaken by La Perouse for a mountain on the 
mainland of Yesso, and was named by him Pic de 
Langle.” The entire island, with the exception of 
a narrow strip of scoria land which 'fringes the 
coast, is composed of a great conical volcanic peak, 
which rises bold and rimo^ed to the heialit of 
6000 feet above the level of the sea. Its summit 
is white with snow, and in clear weather is visible 
at a distance of 70 or 80 miles. It is about thirty 
miles in circumference. 
Near tlie spot where we landed, the side of the 
