CONTENTS 
Dismasted—Refitting—Visit to Sendai—Arrival on 
hunting-grounds—My first otter a sea-lion—Inexperi¬ 
enced hunters—Boats storm-bound on rocks— White 
Falcon wrecked—The old Swallow abandoned in Nemuro 
—Journey overland to Hakodate—An expensive meal— 
The Ainu—Deer-hunting—Ainu woman suckling young 
bear—Wild fruits—Arrival in Hakodate—Murder of 
Mr. Haber, the German Consul - - - 52-71 
CHAPTER V 
EARLY ADVENTURES IN THE “ SNOWDROP ” 
A new schooner—Under the Stars and Stripes—Loss of 
“ Dandy Jim ”—Trouble at Nemuro—Arrival on 
hunting-grounds—Lost in a fog—Adventure on board 
Japanese Government steamer—Ordered off—Chased at 
night: a false alarm—In a typhoon—Narrow escape— 
Wreckage and cripples in the straits—Arrival at 
Hakodate—Interview with Sir Harry Parkes - 72-86 
CHAPTER VI 
SHIPWRECKED ON YETORUP 
Refitting for winter trip—Arrival at Yetorup—Narrow 
escape—Heavy gale—On the rocks—Getting things on 
shore—Men frost-bitten—Arrival of the Governor of 
the island—Transferred to Furebetsu—How the winter 
w r as passed—Some of the skipper’s practical jokes—After 
a wolf—A “ sell ” for the second mate—The New Year— 
Slow travelling through the snow—Visits to Onebetsu— 
Lost in the snow—Ainu girls and their ways—Ice sets in 
on coast—Foreign hunters wintering on the island—Cap¬ 
ture of many otters on the ice—Onebetsu again—Visit to 
the schooner Fanny —Capsized in breakers—Arrival of 
the CapronMaru —We leave for Hakodate—Our sojourn 
at Furebetsu—How we lost our Christmas dinner 87-120 
