CONTENTS 
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agreeable experience and close shave at Ketoy Island— 
The paymaster of the Ossipe incident—My passenger 
and his end—Again visit Bering Island—Our reception 
—Back to Raikoke—Visit Robben Island—Return to 
Raikoke—Over the mountain for seals—Some hard work 
and disagreeable experiences—Success at last—Home¬ 
ward bound—Boat lost in gale ... 196-217 
CHAPTER XI 
AN EVENTFUL VOYAGE 
Voyage of 1887—A good run up—Otters and ice—Anchors 
lost and windlass broken—Hunting-party left on shore— 
Return to Hakodate for repairs—Back again to 
Kamchatka—Reindeer, bears, and otters—A long day 
in the boats—Fish—A dog story—More bears—Death 
of the boatswain—Death of my boat-steerer—Sailors’ 
superstitions—Return to Hakodate—North again to 
Robben Island — Disappointed — Natives of Cape 
Patience—Method of capturing seals—Killers attacking 
whale—Man lost overboard—A heavy gale and anxious 
time ------ 218-231 
CHAPTER XII 
DASTARDLY ATTACKS 
Voyage of 1888—A black year—Driven ashore in Little Kuril 
Strait—Trouble with the mate—We haul vessel oh— 
Malcontents left on the island—Sail to the Bering Sea 
—Copper Island—The schooner Leon —Out for otters— 
Fired on by natives—Three men killed, four wounded— 
My experiences under fire—Smelling bullets—Ad¬ 
vantages of knitted clothing—Attending to the wounded 
—Burial of the dead—A low barometer : 27-80— 
Heavy gale—Arrival at Yokohama—Court of inquiry— 
Voyage of 1889—Another black year—Unsuitable men 
—Obstructions by Jaj)anese—Ship Europeans and leave 
