The vessel remained two days, and on the second day Wilson and a companion got ashore. Near the beach were two Japanese houses belonging to fishermen, who lived there during summer, and these people eyreed to conceal the fugitives until the departure of the vessel. When the schooner went away the Japanese put Wilson and his companion on the way to the port of Karacky. After traversing some miles they met a camp inhabited by Ainos,—short, hairy people. There was also a hut with five Russian soldiers in it, and four of these latter at once came out, and forced the visitors to halt at the paine of the bayonet, searched them, and made them understand that for that day they would have to stay there. The next morning three soldiers got up, and packed a quantity of food, so that Wilson imagined they were going to be taken away, The surmise turned out correct, and headed by the three soldiers, the party started
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.