Upper View of Underground Hut--Home of the Dog Korak 207 Chinese Pump 213 One of the Tchuktches--an unconquered Race 227 Summit of Kamchatka--First Sight of Bering Sea 233 Kassegan, half-caste Russian trader, and Korak wife, living at Boeta, Baron Koff Bay, Kamchatka 239 In Crater of Extinct Volcano, digging for Sulphur. Baron Koff Bay, Kamchatka 245 Killing Deer for Dog-food 251 Expedition on march--"Konikly" in foreground 257 Across the Tundra 261 Tundra Camp 267 "Kim" in Summer Camp on Tundra 273 Reindeer Feeding 279 Three Little Half-caste Russians and Native Nurse, Ghijiga, Okhotsk Sea 287 Russian Miners 293 Picked up on the Ice off St. Lawrence Island 299 Natives at Indian Point, Siberia 303 Eskimo Village, East Cape--Northeastern Point of Asia 307 Plover Bay, Siberia, in July 313 PREFACE The following pages are the result of one of those delightful partnerships in which the party of the first part had all the adventures, pleasant and otherwise, while the party of the second part had only to listen to their recital and put them down on paper. The next best thing to seeing these things for one's self is to hear of them from the lips of such a delightful raconteur as Mr. Vanderlip. Whatever defects may be found in these pages must be laid at the door of the scribe; but whatever is entertaining and instructive is due to the keen observation, the retentive memory, and the descriptive powers of the main actor in the scenes herein depicted. H. B. H. SEOUL, KOREA, December, 1902. IN SEARCH OF A SIBERIAN KLONDIKE IN SEARCH OF A SIBERIAN KLONDIKE CHAPTER I OUTFIT AND SUPPLIES Rumor of gold in northeastern Asia--Plan to prospect through Kamchatka and north to Bering Strait--Steamer _Cosmopolite_--Russian law in the matter of liquor traffic--I make up my party and buy supplies--Korean habits of dress--Linguistic difficulties.