Chapter XX

The Journey Home--Christmas, 1879--Aden--Suez--Cairo--Excursion to the Pyramids and the Mokattam Mountains--Petrified Tree stems--The Suez Canal--Landing on Sicily by night--Naples--Rome--The Members of the Expedition separate--Lisbon--England--Paris--Copenhagen--Festive Entry into Stockholm--_Fetes_ there--Conclusion

PORTRAITS

Engraved on Steel by G.J. Stodart, of London.

Adolf Erik Nordenskioeld To face Title page Louis Palander ,, Page 68

LITHOGRAPHED MAPS

9. Herbertstern's Map of Russia, 1550 (photo-lithographic facsimile)

10. Map of the North Coast of the Old World from Norway to Behring's
Straits, with the track of the _Vega_, constructed from old and
recent sources, and from observations made during the Voyage of
the _Vega_, by N. Selander, Captain in the General Staff

LIST OF WOOD-CUTS IN VOL II

_The Wood-cuts, when not otherwise stated below, were engraved at Herr Wilhelm Meyer's Xylographic Institute, in Stockholm_

1. Chukches

2. The Encampment Pitlekaj abandoned by its Inhabitants on the
18th February, 1879

3. Notti and Wife Aitanga

4. Map of the Region round the _Vega's_ Winter Quarters

5. The Sleeping Chamber in a Chukch Tent

6. Chukch Lamps

7. Section of a Chukch Lamp

8. Chukch Shaman Drum

9. The Coast between Padljonna and Enjurmi

10. Bracelet of Copper

11. The North End of Idlidlja Island

12. The Common Aurora Arc at the _Vega's_ Winter Quarters

13. Aurora at the _Vega's_ Winter Quarters, 3rd March, 1879, at 9 PM

14. Double Aurora-Arcs seen 20th March, 1879, at 9 30 PM

15. Elliptic Aurora, seen 21st March, 1879, at 2 15 AM

16. Elliptic Aurora seen 21st March, 1879, at 3 AM

17. Song Birds in the Rigging of the Vega, June, 1879

18. Spoon-billed Sand piper from Chukch Land
(_Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus_, L.)

19. Marmots from Chukch Land

20. _Stegocephalus Kessleri_ Stuxb

21. _Sabinea septemcarinata_, Sabine

22. _Acanthostephia Malmgreni_, Goes

23. _Ophioglypha nodosa_, Luetken

24. Noah Elisej

25. Beetles from Pitlekaj

26. Phosphorescent Crustacea from Mussel Bay

27. Reitinacka

28. Dog Fish from the Chukch Peninsula (_Dallia delicatissima_, Smith)

29. Crab from the Sea North of Behring's Straits
(Chionoecetes _opilio_, Kroeyer)

30. Tree from Pitlekaj (_Salix Arctica_, Pallas)

31. Typical Chukch Faces

32. ,, ,,

33. Plan of a Chukch Grave

34. Tent Frame at Pitlekaj

35. Chukch Oar

36. Dog Shoe

37. Chukch Face Tattooing

38. Chukch Children

39. Snow Shoes

40. An Aino Man skating after a Reindeer

41. Hunting Cup and Snow scraper

42. Chukch Weapons and Hunting Implements

43. Chukch Bow and Quiver

44. Chukch Arrows

45. Stone Hammers and Anvil for Crushing Bones

46. Chukch Implements

47. Fire Drill

48. Ice Mattocks

49. Human Figures

50. Musical Instruments

51. Drawings made by the Chukches--

52. Chukch Buckles and Hooks of Ivory

53. Chukch Bone Carvings

54. Chukch Doll

55. Chukch Bone Carvings--

56. Chukch Bone Carvings of Birds

57. Map of the World, said to be of the Tenth Century

58. Map of the World showing Asia to be continuous with Africa

59. Map of the World after Fra Mauro, from the middle of the
Fifteenth Century

60. Map of Asia from an Atlas published by the Russian Academy of
Sciences in 1737

61. Peter Feodorovitsch Anjou

62. Ferdinand von Wrangel

63. Seal from the Behring Sea, _Histriophoca fasciata_, Zimm

64. _Draba Alpina_, L., from St. Lawrence Bay

65. Hunting Implements at Port Clarence

66. Eskimo Family at Port Clarence

67. Eskimo from Port Clarence

68. Eskimo from Port Clarence

69. Eskimo Fishing Implements, &c.

70. Eskimo Bone Carvings &c.

71. Eskimo Grave

72. Animal Figure from an Eskimo Grave

73. Ethnographical Objects from Port Clarence

74. Shell from Behring's Straits, _Fusus deformis_, Reeve

75. Diagram showing the temperature and depth of the water at
Behring's Straits between Port Clarence and Senjavin Sound, by
G. Bove

76. Konyam Bay

77. Tattooing Patterns from St. Lawrence Island

78. Tattooed Woman from St. Lawrence Island

79. The Colony on Behring Island

80. The Colony on Copper Island

81. Natives of Behring Island

82. Skeleton of Rhytina, shown at the _Vega_ Exhibition
at the Royal Palace, Stockholm

83. Original Drawings of the Rhytina

84. Reconstructed Form of the Sea-Cow

85. Sea Bears, Male, Female, and Young

86. "Seal Rookery" on St. Paul's Island, one of the Pribylov Islands

87. Slaughter of Sea-Bears

88. Sea-Bears on their way to "the Rookeries"

89. Alga from the shore of Behring Island,
_Thalassiophyllum Clathrus_, Post. and Rupr.

90. Fusugama

91. The steamer _A.E. Nordenskioeld_ stranded on the East Coast of Yezo

92. Kawamura Sumiyashi, Japanese Minister of Marine

93. The First Medal which was struck as a Memorial
of the Voyage of the _Vega_

94. The First Medal which was struck as a Memorial
of the Voyage of the _Vega_

95. Stone Lantern and Stone Monument in a Japanese Temple Court

96. Japanese House in Tokio

97. Japanese Lady at her Toilet

98. A Jinrikisha

99. Japanese Bedroom

100. Tobacco-Smokers, Japanese Drawing

101. Ito-Keske, a Japanese Editor of Thunberg's Writings

102. Monument to Thunberg and Kaempfer at Nagasaki

103. Japanese Kago

104. Japanese Wrestlers

105. Japanese Bridge, after a Japanese drawing

106. Japanese Mountain Landscape, drawn by Prof. P.D. Holm

107. Inn at Kusatsu, drawn by R. Haglund

108. Bath at Kusatsu, Japanese drawing, drawn by O. Soerling

109. Japanese Landscape, drawn by Prof. P.D. Holm

110. Burden-bearers on a Japanese Road, Japanese drawing,
drawn by O. Soerling

111. Japanese Shop, drawn by V. Andren

112. Japanese Court Dress, drawn by ditto

113. Noble in Antique Dress, drawn by ditto

114. Buddhist Priest, drawn by ditto

115. A Samurai, drawn by ditto

116. Gate across the Road to a Shinto Temple, drawn by Prof. P.D. Holm

117. Buddhist Temple at Kobe, drawn by ditto

118. Rio-San's Seal

119. Burying-Place at Kioto, drawn by Prof. P.D. Holm

120. Entrance to Nagasaki, drawn by R. Haglund

121. Fossil Plants from Mogi--1, 2, Beech Leaves
(_Fagus ferruginea_, Ait., var. _pliocena_, Nath.),
drawn by M. Westergren

122. Fossil Plant from Mogi--3, Maple Leaf
(_Acer Mono_, Max., var. _pliocena_, Nath.)

123. Fossil Plant from Mogi--Leaf of _Zelkova Keakii_,
Sieb., var. _pliocena_, Nath., drawn by M. Westergren

124. Gem Diggings at Ratnapoora, drawn by R. Haglund

125. Statues in a Temple in Ceylon, drawn by ditto

126. A Country Place in Ceylon, drawn by V. Andren

127. Highland View from the Interior of Ceylon, drawn by R. Haglund

128. The Scientific Men of the _Vega_

129. The Officers of the _Vega_

130. The Crew of the _Vega_, drawn by R. Widing

131. The Entrance of the _Vega_ into Stockholm on the 24th April, 1880,
drawn by R. Haglund

132. The _Vega_ moored off the Royal Palace, Stockholm, drawn by ditto

ERRATA [ Transcriber's note: these have been applied to the text ]

Page 22, under wood-cut, _for_ "_a._ Of wood _b._ Of stone," _read_ "_a._ Wooden cup to place under the lamp _b._ Lamp of burned clay." Page 41, line 6 from foot, _for_ "beginning of May" _read_ "middle of June." Page 41, under wood-cut, _for_ "May," _read_ "June." Page 44, line 19 _for_ "mountain," _read_ "Arctic." Page 54, last line _for_ "contracteta" _read_ "contracta." Page 63, last line _for_ "Natural size," _read_ "Half the natural size." Page 98, lines 9 and 12 from foot, _for_ "moccassin" _read_ "moccasin." Page 100, line 2 from foot, _for_ "moccassin" _read_ "moccasin." Page 227, line 11 from foot, _for_ "American," _read_ "Asiatic."

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