. Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon; with chapters on cruising after pirates in Chinese waters. Natural history; Pirates. YESSO. only occasionally swooping down within shot. They were in perfect plumage, with the head, upper part of neck, and tail, quite white. Eemains of wild-duck covered the ground for many yards round the nest, and my re- triever, being enticed to sniff at this debris, was immediately at- tacked by the female bird, and had a very narrow escape from going over the cliff, which bounded one side of the point. After examining and fixing the posi- tion of this anc
. Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon; with chapters on cruising after pirates in Chinese waters. Natural history; Pirates. YESSO. only occasionally swooping down within shot. They were in perfect plumage, with the head, upper part of neck, and tail, quite white. Eemains of wild-duck covered the ground for many yards round the nest, and my re- triever, being enticed to sniff at this debris, was immediately at- tacked by the female bird, and had a very narrow escape from going over the cliff, which bounded one side of the point. After examining and fixing the posi- tion of this anchorage, we made another start for the east- ward, rounding Cape Noyshap, the extremer' of the island, and then turning back to the west, kept along the shore until we reached a good anchorage behind an island called Nemero. Here again was a small Japanese. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original St. John, Henry Craven, 1837-1909. Edinburgh, D. Douglas
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