W

Waern, C.F., i. 5

Waldburg-Zeil, Count, i. 205

Walden Island, i. 112

Walrus, i. 152

Walton, Lieut., ii. 198

Wax tree, the Japanese, ii. 389

Waxel, Lieut, ii. 197

Weasel, ii. 46

Werchojansk, i. 411

Werkon, the river, ii. 202

Weyprecht, i. 266

Whales, on the coast of Norway, i. 49;
scarce at Novaya Zemlya, i, 168;
fear of, in ancient times, i. 169;
with European harpoons, found in the Pacific, i. 264

Whale bones on Spitzbergen, i. 168;
sub-fossil at Pitlekaj, i. 520;
used is building materials, ii. 223;
at St. Lawrence Island, ii. 253

Whale-fishing, described by Albertus Magnus, i. 159_n_;
at Spitzbergen, i. 168

Whale _mummy_ at Pitlekaj, i. 523

White-fronted goose, i. 124

White Island, _see_ Beli Ostrov

White Sea, the, i. 215

White whale, the, i. 79, 167

Widmark, H.A., ii. 35

Wiemut, Julian, ii. 294

Wiggins, J., i. 311, 312;
portrait, i. 313

Wilkoffski, ii. 238

Willoughby, Sir Hugh, i. 13, 58;
portrait, i. 59

Willoughby's, Land, i. 62

Wilui river, the, i. 406

Wood, Captain, i. 260

Wosnessenski, conservator, ii. 276

Wrangel, Ferdinand von, i. 23, 265, 446,
journeys, ii. 209;
portrait, ii. 208

Wrangel Land, i. 23, 26, 448; ii. 171_n_, 202, 209;
landing on, i. 448

Wrestlers, Japanese, ii. 339

Wulfstan's travels, i. 50

Y

Yakovieva, i. 316

Yakuts, i. 384; ii. 161

Yakutsk, i. 19, 22, 26, 370, 371;
ii. 187, 190, 193

Yalmal, exclusion to, i. 201;
visited in 1875, i. 205;
population i. 204;
origin of the name, i. 203;
old accounts of, i. 204;
surveyed, ii. 185

Yana River, the, i. 418_n_

Yanimoto, ii. 366

Yefremov Kamen, i. 376

Yekargauls, i. 498

Yelmert, i. 203

Yelmert Land, i. 203

Yenisej, the, voyages of the _Fraser_ and
the _Empress_, up, i. 357;
ascent of, in 1875, i. 387;
river territory, i. 372;
navigable, i. 373;
its banks, i. 377;
vegetation on, i. 381;
steamers on, i. 394;
discovered, ii. 160;
Russian navigation on, in former times, i. 243;
Russian sea, expeditions to, ii. 185;
Minin's voyages on, ii. 186;
later voyages to, i. 311

Yenisej, mouth of the, map of, i. 192;
formerly inhabited, i. 193;
winter at, i. 209

Yettugin, ii. 29, 67, 125

Yii gate, the, ii. 399

Yinretlen, i. 485

_Ymer_ (steamer), i. 1, 9_n_, 312, 358

Yokohama, ii. 296;
arrival at, ii. 295;
departure from, ii. 364

Yokosuka, ii. 396