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Copper Island, 234, 235 ; attacks by- 
natives on, 170, 236 et seq., 242 ; 
sea-otters on, 272, 282 
Crows in Hakodate, 140-1 
Currents off Kuril Islands, 8, 9, 32 
Cygnet, schooner, 52-4, 72, 148, 292 
“ Dandy Jim,” loss of, 73 
Deer-hunting in Yezo, 67-8 
Diana, schooner, 170, 296 
Dido, schooner, 154 
Diving experience, 232-3 
Dogs, Ainu, 96-7 ; curious fear in, 
256-9 ; reasoning power of, 222-3 ; 
registration of, in Hakodate, 128-9; 
stray, in Japanese towns, 140 
Dolphin, sloop, 121, 122 
Drowning in Kuril waters, frequent 
cause of, 228 
Ducks. 105 ; harlequin, 7 
Dutton, Mr. 187, 188, 191 
Dybowsky, Dr., scientist, 182 
Earthquakes, 7 
Ebeko, Mr., 91, 97 
Ekarma Island, 149 
Eliza, schooner, 154, 155, 162 
Falcons, 7, 94 
Fanny, schooner, 106, 107 
“ Fauna Japonica ” (Siebold), 13, 63 
Fishing in Kuril waters, 17-18, 19, 
104, 108, 291 
Flying Mist, schooner, 130, 131 
Formosa, 269 
Foxes, 12, 13, 174, 176 
“Frying-pan Bay,” 53, 65 
Fulmars, 6, 10, 13 
Furebetsu harbour, 92, 104 
Furebetsu village, 19, 91, 92, 100, 
101 et seq., 108, 109 
Fur-seal hunting, 263-4 ; preferred to 
sea-otter hunting, 171, 197, 252, 
295 
Fur-seal rookeries, 13, 53, 204; on 
Bering Island, 170, 175, 200, 201, 
210 ; on Srednoy Rocks, 163 et seq., 
203 ; on Raikoke Island, 211, 212 
Fur-seals, 10 n., 13, 202, 278, 279; 
alive as captives, 167-8 ; as food, 
29, 279 ; skinning, 166 
Fuss Peak, 225 
Gales off Kuril Islands, 51, 153, 154, 
169, 198, 200, 204, 218, 225, 229, 
230-1, 233, 242 
“ Good Hope Bay,” 67 
Goose, wild-, 71, 108, 168, 224 
Gribnitsky, Lieutenant, 178, 180, 186, 
195 
Guillemots, 3, 6, 7, 10, 13 
Gulls. 3 ; burgomaster, 5; kittiwake, 
6, 10 
Gunji, Lieutenant, 16, 17-18, 253, 
254-5 
Haber, Mr., murder of, 70-1 
Hachijiuschibets village, 66 
Hair-seal, 13 
Hakodate, 54, 65, 70, 71, 72, 78, 79, 
81, 84, 108, 109, 113, 121, 124, 128, 
138, 225 ; Consul in, 74, 128-9 ; 
Customs officers, 220; dogs and 
crows in, 140-1 
Hakodate Head, 125, 139 
Hall, Mr. J. Carey, on otter-hunting, 
285-90, 292, 294 
Hamanaka, 66, 67, 
Henry, Cape, 248 
Herring, 74 
Hitokapu Bay, 62 
Hitotsubashi Yakunin (Japanese 
officials), 23 
Hot springs, 3-4 
Icefields, 8-9, 161, 218-19, 220, 294 
Japanese, the, and sea-otter hunting, 
268-70, 293, 296-7 ; their relations 
with Ainu, 21-4, 32-3, 173; settle¬ 
ment on Kuril Islands 16 et seq., 
255 
Japanese formalities, 74-6, 107, 112- 
113 
Japanese houses on Yetorup Island, 
92 
Japanese lacquer-work, 68 
Japanese officials, 59, 111-12 ; and 
foreign hunting-vessels, 77-80, 84, 
88, 123-4, 220, 243-4, 267-8, 292, 
293, 294, 296-7 
“ Jap Bay,” 62, 64, 81, 87, 131, 162 
Johnson, Captain, 156 
Jupiter, schooner, 105, 122 
Kadiack Island, discovery of, 271 
Kaitakushi Department of Japanese 
Government, 77, 88, 123 ; otter¬ 
hunting business controlled by, 
287-8, 290-1, 296, 297 
Kamchatka, 15, 26, 40, 173, 203, 219, 
221-2, 223-4, 249; bears, 13, 174, 
219 ; 221, 222, 224, 249 ; fish plenti¬ 
ful in, 222 ; sea-otters extinct off, 
271, 272 ; yurts in, 36 
Karafuto Maru, steamer (alias Ca- 
pron), 108 
Kasu (a herring residue), 74 
Kelp, on Kuril coasts, 9 ; sea-otters 
in, 40, 48, 54, 147, 149, 163 
