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CHAPTER XXIII. 
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We arrive at Ayan and fall in with some old acquaintances — After 
which we narrowly escape being feasted to death by the Russians, 
are told somp ‘^stunning” yarns, see a whale struck, and finally get 
safely to sea 449 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
We visit the Tschantar Islands, partake largely of wild rhubarb, and 
capture one of the inhabitants — After which we sail for the Amoor 
River, where we fall in with the boats of the Russian squadron, fail 
to pass through into the Gulf of Tartary, and finally return into the 
Okotsk Sea 483 
CONCLUSION. 
We commence our homeward-bound voyage and are stopped by a north- 
east gale, after which a westerly hmTicane comes to our assistance 
and frightens the “old John” into unusual activity — ^ye are attacked 
by the scurvy, arrive at San Francisco, and hear various kinds of 
news — The last of the “old John,’' and an idea of the results of the 
cruise 
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