The Voyage Of The Vega Round Asia And Europe Part 36

CONTENTS OF VOL II

CHAPTER XI.

Hope of release at the new year--Bove's excursion to the open water--Mild weather and renewed severe cold--Mercury frozen--Popular lectures--Brusewitz's excursion to Najtskaj--Another despatch of letters home--The natives' accounts of the state of the ice on the coast of Chukch Land--The Chukches carry on traffic between Arctic America and Siberia--Excursions in the neighborhood of winter quarters--The weather during spring--The melting of the snow--The aurora--The arrival of the migratory birds--The animal world of Chukch Land--Noah Elisej's relief expedition--A remarkable fish--The country clean of snow--Release--The North-East Pa.s.sage achieved.

CHAPTER XII

The history, _physique_, disposition, and manners of the Chukches.

CHAPTER XIII

The development of our knowledge of the north coast of Asia--Herodotus--Strabo--Pliny--Marco Polo--Herbertstein's map--The conquest of Siberia by the Russians--Deschnev's voyages--Coast navigation between the Lena and the Kolyma--Accounts of islands in the Polar Sea and old voyages to them--The discovery of Kamchatka--The navigation of the Sea of Okotsk is opened by Swedish prisoners of war--The Great Northern Expedition--Behring--Schalaurov--Andrejev's Land--The New Siberian islands--Hedenstrom's expeditions--Anjou and Wrangel--Voyages from Behring's Straits westward--Fict.i.tious Polar voyages.

CHAPTER XIV

Pa.s.sage through Behring's Straits--Arrival at Nunamo--Scarce species of seal--Rich vegetation--Pa.s.sage to America--State of the ice--Port Clarence--The Eskimo--Return to Asia--Konyam Bay--Natural conditions there--The ice breaks up in the interior of Konyam Bay--St. Lawrence Island--Preceding visits to the Island--Departure to Behring Island

CHAPTER XV

The position of Behring Island--Its inhabitants--The discovery of the Island by Behring--Behring's death--Steller--The former and present fauna of the Island: foxes, sea otters, sea cows, sea lions, and sea bears--Collection of bones of the Rhytina--Visit to a "rookery"--Torporkoff Island--Alexander Dubovski--Voyage to Yokohama--Lightning stroke

CHAPTER XVI

Arrival at Yokohama--A Telegram sent to Europe--The stranding of the Steamer _A.E. Nordenskiold_--_Fetes_ in j.a.pan--The Minister of Marine, Kawamura--Prince Kito-Shira Kava--Audience of the Mikado--Graves of the Shoguns--Imperial Garden at Tokio--The Exhibition there--Visit to Enoshima--j.a.panese Manners and Customs--Thunberg and Kampfer.

CHAPTER XVII

Excursion to Asamayama--The Nakasendo road--Takasaki--Difficulty of obtaining Quarters for the Night--The Baths at Ikaho--Ma.s.sage in j.a.pan--Swedish matches--Traveling in _Kago_--Savavatari--Criminals--Kusatsu--The Hot Springs and their healing power--Rest at Rokurigahara--The Summit of Asamayama--The Descent--Journey over Usui-toge--j.a.panese Actors--Pictures of j.a.panese Folk life--Return to Yokohama

CHAPTER XVIII

Farewell dinner at Yokohama--The Chinese in j.a.pan--Voyage to Kobe--Purchase of j.a.panese Books--Journey by sail to Kioto--Biwa Lake and the Legend of its Origin--Dredging there--j.a.panese Dancing Girls--Kioto--The Imperial Palace--Temples--Swords and Sword bearers--Shintoism and Buddhism--The Porcelain Manufacture--j.a.panese Poetry--Feast in a Buddhist Temple--Sailing across the Inland Sea of j.a.pan--Landing at Hirosami and Shimonoseki--Nagasaki--Excursion to Mogi--Collection of Fossil Plants--Departure from j.a.pan

CHAPTER XIX

Hong Kong and Canton--Stone polishing Establishments at Canton--Political Relations in an English Colony--Treatment of the Natives--Voyage to Labuan--Coal Mines there--Excursion to the sh.o.r.e of Borneo--Malay Villages--Singapore--Voyage to Ceylon--Point de Galle--The Gem Mines at Ratnapoora--Visit to a Temple--Purchase of Ma.n.u.scripts--The Population of Ceylon--Dr. Almquist's Excursion to the Interior of the Island

CHAPTER XX

The Journey Home--Christmas, 1879--Aden--Suez--Cairo--Excursion to the Pyramids and the Mokattam Mountains--Petrified Tree stems--The Suez Ca.n.a.l--Landing on Sicily by night--Naples--Rome--The Members of the Expedition separate--Lisbon--England--Paris--Copenhagen--Festive Entry into Stockholm--_Fetes_ there--Conclusion

PORTRAITS

Engraved on Steel by G.J. Stodart, of London.

Adolf Erik Nordenskiold To face t.i.tle page Louis Palander ,, Page 68

LITHOGRAPHED MAPS

9. Herbertstern's Map of Russia, 1550 (photo-lithographic facsimile)

10. Map of the North Coast of the Old World from Norway to Behring's Straits, with the track of the _Vega_, constructed from old and recent sources, and from observations made during the Voyage of the _Vega_, by N. Selander, Captain in the General Staff

LIST OF WOOD-CUTS IN VOL II

_The Wood-cuts, when not otherwise stated below, were engraved at Herr Wilhelm Meyer's Xylographic Inst.i.tute, in Stockholm_

1. Chukches

2. The Encampment Pitlekaj abandoned by its Inhabitants on the 18th February, 1879

3. Notti and Wife Aitanga

4. Map of the Region round the _Vega's_ Winter Quarters

5. The Sleeping Chamber in a Chukch Tent

6. Chukch Lamps

7. Section of a Chukch Lamp

8. Chukch Shaman Drum

9. The Coast between Padljonna and Enjurmi