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CONTENTS.
PART II.
CHAP. PAGE I. A FLOATING FORT,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................169 II. WHERE ARE WE?................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................176 III. A TOUR OF THE ISLAND,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................183 IV. A NIGHT ENCAMPMENT,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................191 V. FROM JULY 25TH TO AUGUST 20TH,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................199 VI. TEN DAYS OF TEMPEST,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................207 VII. A FIRE AND A CRY,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................214 VIII. MRS PAULINA BARNETT'S EXCURSION,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................223 IX. KALUMAH'S ADVENTURES,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................232 X. THE KAMTCHATKA CURRENT,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................239 XI. A COMMUNICATION FROM LIEUTENANT HOBSON,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................246 XII. A CHANCE TO BE TRIED,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................253 XIII. ACROSS THE ICE-FIELD,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................260 XIV. THE WINTER MONTHS,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................266 XV. A LAST EXPLORING EXPEDITION,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................273 XVI. THE BREAK-UP OF THE ICE,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................282 XVII. THE AVALANCHE,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................289 XVIII. ALL AT WORK,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................295 XIX. BEHRING SEA,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................303 XX. IN THE OFFING,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................310 XXI. THE ISLAND BECOMES AN ISLET,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................315 XXII. THE FOUR FOLLOWING DAYS,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................320 XXIII. ON A PIECE OF ICE,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................325 XXIV. CONCLUSION,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................333