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I.[Phil and Serge]1
II.[Winning the Prize]8
III.[An Undesirable Acquaintance]15
IV.[Across the Continent]22
V.[Five Bull’s-eyes in Six Shots]28
VI.[Phil’s Sad Predicament]36
VII.[The Value of a True Friend]43
VIII.[One Result of Good Shooting]49
IX.[Introducing “Old Kite Roberson”]56
X.[Phil Discovers What He Is]62
XI.[Seals and Seal-skins]68
XII.[Captain Duff’s Shrewdness]75
XIII.[The First Seal-hunt]81
XIV.[Overboard in the North Pacific]88
XV.[Phil Becomes “High Line”]94
XVI.[A Venture into Forbidden Waters]101
XVII.[Cruel Killing of Mother-seals]107
XVIII.[Chased by a Revenue-cutter]113
XIX.[Castaways on Oonimak]119
XX.[Brimstone and Feathers]125
XXI.[Luxury on a Desolate Aleutian Island]132
XXII.[How Jalap Coombs Got His Name]139
XXIII.[Kooga the Aleut, and His Bidarkie]145
XXIV.[A Double Watch for Schooners]151
XXV.[Hunting the Sea-otter]158
XXVI.[Serge Kills a Bear, and Jalap Coombs Disappears]165
XXVII.[Phil Sees Himself as Others See Him]171
XXVIII.[Phil and Serge as Prisoners of War]178
XXIX.[A Cruise on a Bering Sea Cutter]185
XXX.[The Third Lieutenant’s Humiliating Position]192
XXXI.[Where is the Centre of the United States?]199
XXXII.[Why the Cutter Departed without Her Passengers]206
XXXIII.[In Hot Pursuit]213
XXXIV.[Mr. John Ryder’s Story]220
XXXV.[Jalap Coombs’s Philosophy]227
XXXVI.[Lost and Drifting in Bering Sea]234
XXXVII.[Saved by a Miracle]241
XXXVIII.[Japonski’s Temptation and the Fur-trader’s Offer]248
XXXIX.[Serge Recovers a Bit of Lost Property]255
XL.[A Prospect of Snow-shoes and Sledges]262

ILLUSTRATIONS

[“‘THE FUR-SEAL’S TOOTH!’ HE CRIED”]Frontispiece
[ALASKA AND BEHRING SEA]Facing p.1
[“IT WAS THE IVORY TOOTH OF A FUR-SEAL”]”8
[“‘I SAID IF YOU SPOKE TO ME AGAIN I WOULD KNOCKYOU DOWN’”]”26
[“YES! IT WAS A—GENUINE HAIDA DUGOUT”]Page30
[“‘IT IS PHILIP RYDER OR HIS GHOST!’”]Facing p.40
[PHIL SIGNED THE ARTICLE WITHOUT READING IT]”54
[ALASKAN HALIBUT HOOK]Page67
[“HE FOUND A BAILER, WITH WHICH HE SET VIGOROUSLYTO WORK”]Facing p.78
[“THE EYES OF ALL THREE SEARCHED THE WATERSINCESSANTLY”]”86
[“JUST THEN A SECOND GUN WAS FIRED BY THEPURSUER”]”110
[“THE LIGHT CRAFT SHOT AWAY UP THE STRAIT”]”148
[“AFTER LONG AND PAINFUL STALKING PHIL SHOT TWOSEA-LIONS”]”162
[“‘DAUGHTER, ALLOW ME TO PRESENT MY FRIEND, MR.PHILIP RYDER’”]”178
[“EVERY TIME HE ATTEMPTED TO RISE THEY PROMPTLYKNOCKED HIM DOWN”]”196
[JALAP AND PHIL’S FATHER HEAR BAD NEWS FROM THEBOYS]”228
[“‘WHITE MEN, AS I SAID; AND AMERICANS, I’LL BEBOUND!’”]”246

ALASKA AND BEHRING SEA