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(there were only four on board altogether) to shoot 
him and put him out of his agony. Later, while 
returning to Hakodate, the Dolphin was capsized 
in a gale and all hands drowned. A Japanese 
steamer, bound up the coast, sighted the capsized 
craft, tried to right her and tow her into port; but 
owing to rough weather they had to abandon the 
attempt. The Jupiter lost three men, and the 
Buffandeau one, by drowning. Another was shot 
through the body. The casualty occurred in this 
way : While the vessel was lying in Shikotan, some 
of the hands went ashore, amongst them being the 
cook, who was a Chilian. Two of the hunters re¬ 
mained on board. One of them went on deck, and 
called to the other, who was below, to bring his 
rifle, as there was something to shoot at on shore. 
As he came up, his attention was directed to some¬ 
thing moving on the edge of the stream which ran 
into the harbour. It was partly concealed by 
shrubbery, so that it was difficult to make out 
exactly what it was. The hunter took aim and 
fired, without any result. He then threw another 
cartridge into his Winchester rifle, and fired again. 
This produced a yell from the shore, the other 
hunter exclaiming: “ Good God! you have shot 
him ! It’s the cook !” He afterwards confessed 
he knew all the time it was the cook, and thought 
the other hunter knew also, and fired, not to hit him, 
but only to give him a scare. When the man was 
brought on board, it was found the bullet had gone 
right through his body from one side to the other 
just below the ribs, without, however, cutting his 
intestines or penetrating any important organ, and 
he quite recovered in a few weeks. In addition to 
