CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
From Hakodate to Mororran—Volcano Bay—The first Ainu—A strange institution among them [1]
CHAPTER II.
From Mororran to the Saru River [12]
CHAPTER III.
Up the Saru River—Piratori and its chief [22]
CHAPTER IV.
An Ainu Festival [30]
CHAPTER V.
From the Saru River to Cape Erimo [35]
CHAPTER VI.
From Cape Erimo to the Tokachi River [44]
CHAPTER VII.
The Tokachi Region—Pure Ainu Types—Curious Mode of River Fishing [50]
CHAPTER VIII.
From the Tokachi River to the Kutcharo River [68]
CHAPTER IX.
The Koro-pok-kuru, or Pit-dwellers [78]
CHAPTER X.
The Kutcharo River and Lake—A Sulphur Mine—Akkeshi and its Bay [95]
CHAPTER XI.
From Akkeshi to Nemuro—A Horse Station—Nemuro and its People [106]
CHAPTER XII.
The Kurile Islands [121]
CHAPTER XIII.
On the East and North-East Coast—From Nemuro to Shari-Mombets [133]
CHAPTER XIV.
Along the Lagoons of the North-East Coast—From Shari-Mombets to Poronai [145]
CHAPTER XV.
On the North-East Coast—From Poronai to Cape Soya [157]
CHAPTER XVI.
From Cape Soya to the Ishikari River [167]
CHAPTER XVII.
The Ishikari River [179]
CHAPTER XVIII.
Nearing Civilisation [187]
CHAPTER XIX.
Completing the Circuit of Yezo—The End of my Journey [196]
CHAPTER XX.
Ainu Habitations, Storehouses, Trophies, Furniture—Conservatism [207]
CHAPTER XXI.
Ainu Art, Ainu Marks, Ornamentations, Weapons—Graves and Tattoos [218]
CHAPTER XXII.
Ainu Heads, and their Physiognomy [229]
CHAPTER XXIII.
Movements and Attitudes [236]
CHAPTER XXIV.
Ainu Clothes, Ornaments, and Tattooing [245]
CHAPTER XXV.
Ainu Music, Poetry, and Dancing [255]
CHAPTER XXVI.
Heredity—Crosses—Psychological Observations [266]
CHAPTER XXVII.
Physiological Observations—Pulse-beat and Respiration—Exposure—Odour of the Ainu—The Five Senses [274]
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Ainu Superstitions—Morals—Laws and Punishments [281]
CHAPTER XXIX.
Marital Relations, and Causes that limit Population [293]
APPENDIX.
I.—Measurements of the Ainu Body, and Descriptive Characters 298
II.—Glossary of Ainu Words, many of which are found in Geographical Names in Yezo and the Kurile Islands [304]
Index [313]