ARRIVAL OF BARK "PALMETTO"--DRIVEN ASHORE BY GALE--DISCHARGING CARGO UNDER DIFFICULTIES--NEGRO CREW MUTINIES--LONELY TRIP TO ANADYRSK--STUPID KORAKS--EXPLOSIVE PROVISIONS CHAPTER XXXIV A MEETING IN THE NIGHT--HARDSHIPS OF BUSH'S PARTY--SIBERIAN FAMINES--FISH SAVINGS BANKS--WORK IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT--STARVING POLE CUTTERS--A JOURNEY TO YAMSK CHAPTER XXXV YURT ON THE TOPOLOFKA--THE VALLEY OF TEMPESTS--RIVER OF THE LOST--STORM BOUND--ESCAPE BY THE ICE-FOOT--A SLEEPLESS NIGHT--LEET REPORTED DEAD--YAMSK AT LAST CHAPTER XXXVI BRIGHT ANTICIPATIONS---A WHALE-SHIP SIGNALLED--THE BARK "SEA BREEZE"--NEWS FROM THE ATLANTIC CABLE--REPORTED ABANDONMENT OF THE OVERLAND LINE CHAPTER XXXVII OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF THE BAD NEWS--THE ENTERPRISE ABANDONED--A VOYAGE TO OKHOTSK--THE AURORA OF THE SEA CHAPTER XXXVIII CLOSING UP THE BUSINESS--A BARGAIN SALE--TELEGRAPH TEACUPS REDUCED--CHEAP SHOVELS FOR GRAVE-DIGGING--WIRE FISH NETS AT A SACRIFICE--OUR NARROWEST ESCAPE--BLOWN OUT TO SEA--SAVED BY THE "ONWARD" CHAPTER XXXIX START FOR ST. PETERSBURG--ROUTE TO YAKUTSK--A TUNGUSE ENCAMPMENT-- CROSSING THE STANAVOI MOUNTAINS--SEVERE COLD--FIRE-LIGHTED SMOKE PILLARS--ARRIVAL IN YAKUTSK CHAPTER XL THE GREATEST HORSE-EXPRESS SERVICE IN THE WORLD--EQUIPMENT FOR THE ROAD--A SIBERIAN "SEND-OFF"--POST TRAVEL ON THE ICE--BROKEN SLEEP--DRIVING INTO AN AIR-HOLE--REPAIRING DAMAGES--FIRST SIGHT OF IRKUTSK CHAPTER XLI A PLUNGE INTO CIVILISATION--THE NOBLES' BALL--SHOCKING LANGUAGE-- SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLISH--THE GREAT SIBERIAN ROAD--PASSING TEA CARAVANS--RAPID TRAVEL--FIFTY-SEVEN HUNDRED MILES IN ELEVEN WEEKS--ARRIVAL IN ST. PETERSBURG INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS GEORGE KENNAN, 1868 A TENT OF THE WANDERING KORAKS IN SUMMER TOWARD NIGHT: A TIRED DOG-TEAM From a painting by George A. Frost. WANDERING KORAKS WITH THEIR REINDEER AND SLEDGES From a painting by George A. Frost. A MAN OF THE WANDERING KORAKS TENTS AND REINDEER OF THE WANDERING KORAKS From a painting by George A. Frost. DRAWINGS OF THE KORAKS. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THEIR MYTHS A KORAK GIRL KORAK DOGS SACRIFICED TO PROPITIATE THE SPIRITS OF EVIL A RACE OF WANDERING KORAK REINDEER TEAMS From a painting by George A. Frost. HOUR-GLASS HOUSES OF THE SETTLED KORAKS From a model in The American Museum of Natural History. INTERIOR OF A KORAK YURT. GETTING FIRE WITH THE FIRE DRILL From a photograph in The American Museum of Natural History. A WOMAN ENTERING A YURT OF THE SETTLED KORAKS SETTLED KORAKS IN A TRIAL OF STRENGTH AN OLD MAN OF THE SETTLED KORAKS From a photograph in The American Museum of Natural History. YURT AND DOG-TEAM OF THE SETTLED KORAKS From a painting by George A. Frost. A WOMAN FEEDING A DOG-TEAM IN GIZHIGA From a, painting by George A. Frost. INTERIOR OF A YURT OF THE SETTLED KORAKS DOG-TEAMS DESCENDING A STEEP MOUNTAIN SLOPE CHUKCHIS ASSEMBLING AT ANADYRSK FOR THE WINTER FAIR ANADYRSK IN WINTER A MAN OF THE YUKAGIRS A MAN OF THE WANDERING CHUKCHIS