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MONTGOMERY STREET IN
HOLIDAY DRESS 6. SAN FRANCISCO, 1848 7. CHINESE

DINNER 8. OVER SIX FEET 9. STEAMSHIP WRIGHT IN A
STORM 10. A SEA SICK BOOBY 11. WRECK OF THE SHIP
CANTON 12. ALEUTIANS CATCHING WHALES 13. BREACH OF
ETIQUETTE 14. UNEXPECTED HONORS 15. RUSSIAN
MARRIAGE 16. RUSSIAN POPE AT HOME 17. A SCALY
BRIDGE 18. RUSSIAN TEA SERVICE 19. CHANGE FOR A
DOLLAR 20. COW AND BEAR 21. A KAMCHATKA TEAM 22.
REPULSE OF THE ASSAILANTS 23. VIEW OF SITKA 24.
PLENTY OF TIME 25. RUSSIAN OFFICERS AT MESS 26.
ASCENDING THE BAY 27. TAKING THE CENSUS 28.
LIGHT-HOUSE AT GHIJIGA 29. TOWED BY DOGS 30. KORIAK
YOURT 31. DISCHARGING A DECK LOAD 32. REINDEER RIDE
33. TAIL PIECE, REINDEER 34. WAGON RIDE WITH DOGS 35.
YEARLY MAIL 36. DOGS FISHING 37. TEACHINGS OF
EXPERIENCE 38. BOAT LOAD OF SALMON 39. AN EFFECTIVE
PROTEST 40. NOTHING BUT BONES 41. TAIL PIECE--NATIVE
WOMAN 42. SEEING OFF 43. LIFE ON THE AMOOR 44. A
GILYAK VILLAGE 45. ABOUT FULL 46. TAIL PIECE--A TURN
OUT 47. ON THE AMOOR 48. CASH ACCOUNT 49. WOODING
UP 50. BEAR IN PROCESSION 51. PRACTICE OF MEDICINE 52.
MANJOUR MERCHANT 53. GILYAK MAN 54. GILYAK WOMAN
55. PEASANTS BY MOONLIGHT 56. TAIL PIECE--THE NET 57.
TEN MILES AN HOUR 58. GOLDEE HOUSE AT NIGHT 59. THE
HYPOCONDRIAC 60. "NOT FOR JOE" 61. TAIL PIECE--SCENE
ON THE RIVER 62. RECEPTION AT PETROVSKY 63. ARMED
AND EQUIPPED 64. GENERAL ACTIVITY 65. TAIL
PIECE--FLASK 66. MANJOUR BOAT 67. A PRIVATE TEMPLE 68.
FISHING IMPLEMENTS 69. CHINESE FAMILY PICTURE 70.
MANJOUR TRAVELING CARRIAGE 71. TAIL
PIECE--TOWARDS THE SUN 72. THE AMMUNITION WAGON 73.
FINISHING TOUCH 74. EMIGRANTS ON THE AMOOR 75.
SA-GA-YAN CLIFF 76. RIFLE SHOOTING 77. TAIL
PIECE--GAME 78. PREPARING FOR WINTER 79. TAIL PIECE 80.
STRATENSK, EASTERN SIBERIA 81. A SIBERIAN TARANTASS
82. TAIL PIECE 83. FAVORITE BED 84. CONCENTRATED
ENERGIES 85. PRISONERS AT CHETAH 86. ON THE HILLS
NEAR CHETAH 87. BOURIAT YOURTS 88. A MONGOL BELL 89.

A MONGOL BELLE 90. CATCHING SHEEP 91. A COLD BATH 92.
TAIL PIECE 93. OUR FERRY BOAT 94. EQUAL RIGHTS 95.
AMATEUR CONCERT IN SIBERIA 96. CHINESE MANDARIN 97.
INTERIOR OF CHINESE TEMPLE 98. THROUGH ORDINARY
EYES 99. THROUGH CHINESE EYES 100. LEGAL TENDER 101.
RUSSIAN PETS 102. PONY EXPRESS 103. A DISAGREEABLE
APPENDAGE 104. SUSPENDED FREEDOM 105. PUNISHMENT
FOR BURGLARY 106. CHOPSTICK, FORK, AND SAUCER 107.
CHINESE THEATRE 108. CHINESE TIGER 109. CHINESE
PUNISHMENT 110. PROVISION DEALER 111. CHINESE
MENDICANTS 112. THE FAVORITE 113. FEMALE FEET AND
SHOE 114. A LOTTERY PRIZE 115. A PEKIN CAB 116. A
CHINESE PALANQUIN 117. PRIEST IN TEMPLE OF CONFUCIUS
118. COMFORTS AND CONVENIENCES 119. FILIAL
ATTENTION 120. TAIL PIECE--OPIUM PIPE 121. A MUSICAL
STOP 122. NANKOW PASS 123. RACING AT THE KALGAN FAIR
124. STREET IN KALGAN 125. IN GOOD CONDITION 126. LOST
IN THE DESERT OF GOBI 127. MONGOL DINNER TABLE 128.
CROSSING THE TOLLA 129. THE SCHOOLMASTER 130. TAIL
PIECE 131. WILD BOAR HUNT 132. A WIFE AT IRKUTSK 133.
NO WIFE AT IRKUTSK 134. A SOUDNA 135. AFTER THE
EARTHQUAKE 136. LAKE BAIKAL IN WINTER 137. A
SPECIMEN 138. TAIL PIECE--THE WORLD 139. GOV. GENERAL
KORSACKOFF 140. VIEW--IRKUTSK 141. A COLD
ATTACHMENT 142. QUEEN OF GREECE 143. EMPEROR OF
RUSSIA 144. TAIL PIECE--TWIN BOTTLES 145. HOME OF TWO
EXILES--REAL, IMAGINARY 146. TAIL PIECE--QUARTERS 147.
TARTAR CAVALRY 148. SIBERIAN EXILES 149. TAIL PIECE
150. A VASHOK 151. A KIBITKA 152. FAREWELL TO IRKUTSK
153. OUR CONDUCTOR 154. JUMPING CRADLE HOLES 155.
VALLEY OF THE YENESEI 156. WOLF HUNT 157. HYDRAULIC
MINING 158. TAIL PIECE 159. DOWN HILL 160. DOGS AMONG
ICE 161. JUMPING THE FISSURES 162. THE TEAM 163. TAIL
PIECE 164. IN THE MINE 165. STRANGE COINCIDENCE 166.
TAIL PIECE 167. THE ELOPEMENT 168. THE FIGHT 169. THE
CATASTROPHE 170. TAIL PIECE 171. THE POLKEDOVATE 172.
MAKING EXPLANATION 173. AFTER THE BATH 174. TAIL

PIECE 175. THE DRIVER'S TOILET 176. WOMEN SPINNING 177.
FLOGGING WITH STICKS 178. TAIL PIECE 179. LOST IN A
SNOW STORM 180. FATAL RESULT 181. TAIL PIECE 182.
EXCUSE MY FAMILIARITY 183. FROSTED HORSES 184. VIEW
OF EKATERINEBURG 185. EUROPE AND ASIA 186. A RUSSIAN
BEGGAR 187. BEGGARS IN KAZAN 188. THE IMMERSION 189.
RUSSIAN PRIEST 199. TAIL PIECE 191. GREAT BELL OF
MOSCOW 192. VIEW OF THE NEVSKI PROSPECT, ST.
PETERSBURG 193. TAIL PIECE--MEETING AN OLD FRIEND

Contents


CHAPTER I.
Off from New York--Around the world by steam--Value of a letter of
credit--A cure for sea sickness--Doing the Isthmus--An exciting
porpoise race--Glimpse of San Francisco--Trip to the Yo Semite
Valley--From the Golden Gate into the Pacific


CHAPTER II.
A strange company--Difficulties of sea life--A tall man and a short
room--How the dog went to sleep--A soapy cabin--Catching a
booby--Two Sundays together--A long lost wreck--Incidents at
sea--Manner of catching whales in