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CONTENTS 
About 2,500 more skins taken—Live seals on board— 
Leave again for Yokohama—Man lost overboard—Very 
near a collision—-The 1Diana’s people attacked at Copper 
Island—Several men killed and wounded—Home to 
England ------ 146-171 
CHAPTER IX 
A PRISONER IN RUSSIAN HANDS 
Voyage of 1883—Volcano in eruption on Yetorup—Poor 
season—Visit the Bering Sea—Adventure with a bear in 
Kamchatka—At Bering Island—The seal rookeries— 
An unfortunate experience—Boarded by officials on 
s.s. Alexander —Taken on board the steamer—Schooner 
departs—We proceed to Petropaulsky—Description of 
the town, etc.—Capture of the Otome —Sent down to 
Vladivostock—Detained—Interview with British Ad¬ 
miral—Delays—Appeal to British Minister—Confisca¬ 
tion of the Otome —We leave Vladivostock—Some 
incidents of our stay there - - - 172-195 
CHAPTER X 
SOME NARROW ESCAPES 
Personal matters and purchase of another vessel—The Nemo 
starts on a hunting voyage—Decline of otter-hunting 
—More sealing—Return of the Nemo —The incident of 
the Vladimir Monomack and the Agamemnon —Voyage 
of 1885—Scarcity of otters—A peculiar phenomenon— 
At Shikotan—Bound north for seals—Bering Island— 
A visit to the southern rookery—Our friends the natives 
—A heavy gale—Return to the rookery—Arrangements 
for our next visit—Back to the Kurils—Robben Island 
—Heavy gale—Loss of the Felix and Otsego —Return 
to Yokohama—Voyage of 1886 —Shipkeeper shot—Sail 
from Yokohama—A submarine disturbance—A dis- 
