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. Nordenskioeld_--_Fetes_ in Japan--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--Japanese Manners and Customs--Thunberg and Kaempfer.

CHAPTER XVII

Excursion to Asamayama--The Nakasendo road--Takasaki--Difficulty
of obtaining Quarters for the Night--The Baths at Ikaho--Massage
in Japan--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--Japanese Actors--Pictures of
Japanese Folk life--Return to Yokohama

CHAPTER XVIII

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

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 shore
of Borneo--Malay Villages--Singapore--Voyage to Ceylon--Point de
Galle--The Gem Mines at Ratnapoora--Visit to a Temple--Purchase of
Manuscripts--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 Canal--