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THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE TO RUSSIA--SAILING OF THE FIRST SIBERIAN EXPLORING PARTY FROM SAN FRANCISCO

CROSSING THE NORTH PACIFIC--SEVEN WEEKS IN A RUSSIAN BRIG

THE PICTURESQUE COAST OF KAMCHATKA--ARRIVAL IN PETROPAVLOVSK

THINGS RUSSIAN IN KAMCHATKA--A VERDANT AND FLOWERY LAND--THE VILLAGE OF TWO SAINTS

FIRST ATTEMPT TO LEARN RUSSIAN--PLAN OF EXPLORATION--DIVISION OF PARTY

A COSSACK WEDDING--THE PENINSULA OF KAMCHATKA

STARTING NORTHWARD--KAMCHATKAN SCENERY, VILLAGES, AND PEOPLE

BRIDLE PATHS OF SOUTHERN KAMCHATKA--HOUSES AND FOOD OF THE PEOPLE--REINDEER TONGUES AND WILD-ROSE PETALS--A KAMCHATKAN DRIVER'S CANTICLE

THE BEAUTIFUL VALLEY OF GENAL--WALLS OF LITERATURE--SCARING UP A BEAR--END OF HORSEBACK RIDE

THE KAMCHATKA RIVER--LIFE ON A CANOE RAFT--RECEPTION AT MILKOVA--MISTAKEN FOR THE TSAR

ARRIVAL AT KLUCHEI--THE KLUCHEFSKOI VOLCANO--A QUESTION OF ROUTE--A RUSSIAN "BLACK BATH"

CANOE TRAVEL ON THE YOLOFKA--VOLCANIC CONVERSATION--"O SUSANNA!"--TALKING "AMERICAN"--A DIFFICULT ASCENT

A DISMAL NIGHT--CROSSING THE KAMCHATKAN DIVIDE--ANOTHER BEAR HUNT--BREAKNECK RIDING--TIGIL--STEPPES OF NORTHERN KAMCHATKA

OKHOTSK SEACOAST--LESNOI--THE "DEVIL'S PASS"--LOST IN SNOW-STORM--SAVED BY BRASS BOX--WILD SCENE

CUT OFF BY STORM--STARVATION THREATENED--RACE WITH A RISING TIDE--TWO DAYS WITH FOOD--RETURN TO LESNOI

KAMCHATKAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS--CHARACTER OF PEOPLE-- SALMON-FISHING--SABLE-TRAPPING--KAMCHADAL LANGUAGE--NATIVE MUSIC--DOG-DRIVING--WINTER DRESS

A FRESH START--CROSSING THE SAMANKA MOUNS ON A KORAK ENCAMPMENT-- NOMADS AND THEIR TENTS--DOOR-HOLES AND DOGS--POLOGS--KORAK BREAD

WHY THE KORAKS WANDER--THEIR INDEPENDENCE--CHEERLESS LIFE--USES OF THE REINDEER--KORAK IDEAS OF DISTANCE--"MONARCH OF THE BRASS-HANDLED SWORD."

THE KORAK TONGUE--RELIGION OF TERROR--INCANTATIONS OF SHAMANS--KILLING OF OLD AND SICK--REINDEER SUPERSTITION--KORAK CHARACTER

FIRST FROST-BITE--THE SETTLED KORAKS--HOUR-GLASS YURTS--CLIMBING DOWN CHIMNEYS--YURT INTERIORS--LEGS AS FEATURES--TRAVELLING BY "PAVOSKA"--BAD CHARACTER OF SETTLED KORAKS

FIRST ATTEMPT AT DOG-DRIVING--UNPREMEDITATED PROFANITY--A RUNAWAY--ARRIVAL AT GIZHIGA--HOSPITALITY OF THE ISPRAVNIK--PLANS FOR THE WINTER

DOG-SLEDGE TRAVEL--ARCTIC MIRAGES--CAMP AT NIGHT A HOWLING CHORUS--NORTHERN LIGHTS

DISMAL SHELTER--ARRIVAL OF A COSSACK COURIER--AMERICANS ON THE ANADYR--ARCTIC FIREWOOD--A SIBERIAN BLIZZARD--LOST ON THE STEPPE

PENZHINA--POSTS FOR ELEVATED ROAD--FIFTY-THREE BELOW ZERO--TALKED OUT--ASTRONOMICAL LECTURES--EATING PLANETS--THE HOUSE OF A PRIEST

ANADYRSK--AN ARCTIC OUTPOST--SEVERE CLIMATE--CHRISTMAS SERVICES AND CAROLS--A SIBERIAN BALL--MUSIC AND REFRESHMENTS--EXCITED DANCING--HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS

NEWS FROM THE ANADYR PARTY--PLAN FOR ITS RELIEF--THE STORY OF A STOVE-PIPE--START FOR THE SEACOAST

A SLEDGE JOURNEY EASTWARD--REACHING TIDEWATER--A NIGHT SEARCH FOR A STOVE-PIPE--FINDING COMRADES--A VOICE FROM A STOVE--STORY OF THE ANADYR PARTY

CLASSIFICATION OF NATIVES--INDIAN TYPE, MONGOLIAN TYPE, AND TURKISH TYPE--EASTERN VIEW OF WESTERN ARTS AND FASHIONS--AN AMERICAN SAINT

AN ARCTIC AURORA--ORDERS FROM THE MAJOR--ADVENTURES OF MACRAE AND ARNOLD WITH THE CHUKCHIS--RETURN TO GIZHIGA--REVIEW OF WINTER'S WORK

LAST WORK OF THE WINTER--BIRDS AND FLOWERS OF SPRING--CONTINUOUS DAYLIGHT--SOCIAL LIFE IN GIZHIGA--A CURIOUS SICKNESS--SUMMER DAYS AND NIGHTS--NEWS FROM AMERICA

DULL LIFE--ARCTIC MOSQUITOES--WAITING FOR SUPPLIES--SHIPS SIGNALLED--BARK "CLARA BELL"--RUSSIAN CORVETTE "VARAG"

ARRIVAL OF BARK "PALMETTO"--DRIVEN ASHORE BY GALE--DISCHARGING CARGO UNDER DIFFICULTIES--NEGRO CREW MUTINIES--LONELY TRIP TO ANADYRSK--STUPID KORAKS--EXPLOSIVE PROVISIONS

A MEETING IN THE NIGHT--HARDSHIPS OF BUSH'S PARTY--SIBERIAN FAMINES--FISH SAVINGS BANKS--WORK IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT--STARVING POLE CUTTERS--A JOURNEY TO YAMSK

YURT ON THE TOPOLOFKA--THE VALLEY OF TEMPESTS--RIVER OF THE LOST--STORM BOUND--ESCAPE BY THE ICE-FOOT--A SLEEPLESS NIGHT--LEET REPORTED DEAD--YAMSK AT LAST

OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF THE BAD NEWS--THE ENTERPRISE ABANDONED--A VOYAGE TO OKHOTSK--THE AURORA OF THE SEA

CLOSING UP THE BUSINESS--A BARGAIN SALE--TELEGRAPH TEACUPS REDUCED--CHEAP SHOVELS FOR GRAVE-DIGGING--WIRE FISH NETS AT A SACRIFICE--OUR NARROWEST ESCAPE--BLOWN OUT TO SEA--SAVED BY THE "ONWARD"

START FOR ST. PETERSBURG--ROUTE TO YAKUTSK--A TUNGUSE ENCAMPMENT-- CROSSING THE STANAVOI MOUNTAINS--SEVERE COLD--FIRE-LIGHTED SMOKE PILLARS--ARRIVAL IN YAKUTSK

THE GREATEST HORSE-EXPRESS SERVICE IN THE WORLD--EQUIPMENT FOR THE ROAD--A SIBERIAN "SEND-OFF"--POST TRAVEL ON THE ICE--BROKEN SLEEP--DRIVING INTO AN AIR-HOLE--REPAIRING DAMAGES--FIRST SIGHT OF IRKUTSK

A PLUNGE INTO CIVILISATION--THE NOBLES' BALL--SHOCKING LANGUAGE-- SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLISH--THE GREAT SIBERIAN ROAD--PASSING TEA CARAVANS--RAPID TRAVEL--FIFTY-SEVEN HUNDRED MILES IN ELEVEN WEEKS--ARRIVAL IN ST. PETERSBURG

INDEX

GEORGE KENNAN, 1868

A TENT OF THE WANDERING KORAKS IN SUMMER

TOWARD NIGHT: A TIRED DOG-TEAM From a painting by George A. Frost.

WANDERING KORAKS WITH THEIR REINDEER AND SLEDGES From a painting by George A. Frost.

A MAN OF THE WANDERING KORAKS

TENTS AND REINDEER OF THE WANDERING KORAKS From a painting by George A. Frost.

DRAWINGS OF THE KORAKS. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THEIR MYTHS

A KORAK GIRL

KORAK DOGS SACRIFICED TO PROPITIATE THE SPIRITS OF EVIL

A RACE OF WANDERING KORAK REINDEER TEAMS From a painting by George A. Frost.

HOUR-GLASS HOUSES OF THE SETTLED KORAKS From a model in The American Museum of Natural History.

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