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CHAPTER XVII. 
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We reach the peninsula of Kamtschatka, follow its west coast to the 
northward, and discover a coal-mine and a half-buried village — After 
which wo prove a new-fashioned bootjack, and take a dip into the 
science of geology — We find that shower-baths are not always 
cleansing 317 
chapter XVIII. 
We leave the coal-mine for a hunt, and encounter another party simi- 
larly engaged — We return with them to the village and are hospitably 
entertained — The headman not an advocate of the Maine liquor-law 
— How we “coaled ship,’’ and how we ran a race with a flood-tide... 343 
CHAPTER XIX. 
We enter the Gulf of Penjinks and reach our highest northern latitude, 
after which wo return to the Okotsk, and cross over to the coast of 
Siberia — We narrowly escape shipwreck, and finally arrive at a place 
called Ola, where we are regaled by the sight of bullocks and the 
taste of milk 372 
CHAPTER XX. 
Some other things about “Ola,” showing the reader how an old woman 
neiarly lost her favourite milch-cow, and how they catch fish in that 
out-of-the-way part of the world, etc. etc. — We arrive at Fabius 
Island, Bay of Taousk, and regale ourselves upon whortleberries 393 
CHAPTER XXL 
Ve visit Armen and buy turnips “by the patch,” encounter a vitupera- 
tive gentleman and some very pretty young ladies, and return on 
board — After which we steam farther down the coast, pay a nocturnal 
visit to another settlement, and end by attempting to wade a Siberian 
ford 408 
CHAPTER XXII. 
We waylay a Siberian bear and narrowly escape “catching a Tartar;” 
after which we engage in a stampede, climb a very steep hill, and 
then descend again to our boat 426 
