CANOE TRAVEL ON THE YOLOFKA--VOLCANIC CONVERSATION--"O SUSANNA!"--TALKING "AMERICAN"--A DIFFICULT ASCENT CHAPTER XIII A DISMAL NIGHT--CROSSING THE KAMCHATKAN DIVIDE--ANOTHER BEAR HUNT--BREAKNECK RIDING--TIGIL--STEPPES OF NORTHERN KAMCHATKA CHAPTER XIV OKHOTSK SEACOAST--LESNOI--THE "DEVIL'S PASS"--LOST IN SNOW-STORM--SAVED BY BRASS BOX--WILD SCENE CHAPTER XV CUT OFF BY STORM--STARVATION THREATENED--RACE WITH A RISING TIDE--TWO DAYS WITH FOOD--RETURN TO LESNOI CHAPTER XVI KAMCHATKAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS--CHARACTER OF PEOPLE-- SALMON-FISHING--SABLE-TRAPPING--KAMCHADAL LANGUAGE--NATIVE MUSIC--DOG-DRIVING--WINTER DRESS CHAPTER XVII A FRESH START--CROSSING THE SAMANKA MOUNS ON A KORAK ENCAMPMENT-- NOMADS AND THEIR TENTS--DOOR-HOLES AND DOGS--POLOGS--KORAK BREAD CHAPTER XVIII WHY THE KORAKS WANDER--THEIR INDEPENDENCE--CHEERLESS LIFE--USES OF THE REINDEER--KORAK IDEAS OF DISTANCE--"MONARCH OF THE BRASS-HANDLED SWORD." CHAPTER XIX THE SNOW-DRIFT COMPASS--MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE--AN INTOXICATING FUNGUS--MONOTONY OF KORAK LIFE CHAPTER XX THE KORAK TONGUE--RELIGION OF TERROR--INCANTATIONS OF SHAMANS--KILLING OF OLD AND SICK--REINDEER SUPERSTITION--KORAK CHARACTER CHAPTER XXI FIRST FROST-BITE--THE SETTLED KORAKS--HOUR-GLASS YURTS--CLIMBING DOWN CHIMNEYS--YURT INTERIORS--LEGS AS FEATURES--TRAVELLING BY "PAVOSKA"--BAD CHARACTER OF SETTLED KORAKS CHAPTER XXII FIRST ATTEMPT AT DOG-DRIVING--UNPREMEDITATED PROFANITY--A RUNAWAY--ARRIVAL AT GIZHIGA--HOSPITALITY OF THE ISPRAVNIK--PLANS FOR THE WINTER CHAPTER XXIII DOG-SLEDGE TRAVEL--ARCTIC MIRAGES--CAMP AT NIGHT A HOWLING CHORUS--NORTHERN LIGHTS CHAPTER XXIV DISMAL SHELTER--ARRIVAL OF A COSSACK COURIER--AMERICANS ON THE ANADYR--ARCTIC FIREWOOD--A SIBERIAN BLIZZARD--LOST ON THE STEPPE CHAPTER XXV PENZHINA--POSTS FOR ELEVATED ROAD--FIFTY-THREE BELOW ZERO--TALKED OUT--ASTRONOMICAL LECTURES--EATING PLANETS--THE HOUSE OF A PRIEST CHAPTER XXVI ANADYRSK--AN ARCTIC OUTPOST--SEVERE CLIMATE--CHRISTMAS SERVICES AND CAROLS--A SIBERIAN BALL--MUSIC AND REFRESHMENTS--EXCITED DANCING--HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS CHAPTER XXVII NEWS FROM THE ANADYR PARTY--PLAN FOR ITS RELIEF--THE STORY OF A STOVE-PIPE--START FOR THE SEACOAST CHAPTER XXVIII A SLEDGE JOURNEY EASTWARD--REACHING TIDEWATER--A NIGHT SEARCH FOR A STOVE-PIPE--FINDING COMRADES--A VOICE FROM A STOVE--STORY OF THE ANADYR PARTY CHAPTER XXIX CLASSIFICATION OF NATIVES--INDIAN TYPE, MONGOLIAN TYPE, AND TURKISH TYPE--EASTERN VIEW OF WESTERN ARTS AND FASHIONS--AN AMERICAN SAINT CHAPTER XXX AN ARCTIC AURORA--ORDERS FROM THE MAJOR--ADVENTURES OF MACRAE AND ARNOLD WITH THE CHUKCHIS--RETURN TO GIZHIGA--REVIEW OF WINTER'S WORK CHAPTER XXXI LAST WORK OF THE WINTER--BIRDS AND FLOWERS OF SPRING--CONTINUOUS DAYLIGHT--SOCIAL LIFE IN GIZHIGA--A CURIOUS SICKNESS--SUMMER DAYS AND NIGHTS--NEWS FROM AMERICA CHAPTER XXXII DULL LIFE--ARCTIC MOSQUITOES--WAITING FOR SUPPLIES--SHIPS SIGNALLED--BARK "CLARA BELL"--RUSSIAN CORVETTE "VARAG" CHAPTER XXXIII