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Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands.

By Arnold Henry Savage Landor

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ALONE WITH THE HAIRY AINU.
OR,
- 3,800 MILES ON A PACK SADDLE IN YEZO AND A CRUISE TO THE KURILE ISLANDS.
  - BY
- BY
A. H. SAVAGE LANDOR.
- WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR.
- LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1893.
- LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I. From Hakodate to Mororran—Volcano Bay—The first Ainu—A strange Institution among them.
CHAPTER II. From Mororran to the Saru River.
CHAPTER III. Up the Saru River—Piratori and its chief.
CHAPTER IV. An Ainu Festival.
CHAPTER V. From the Saru River to Cape Erimo.
CHAPTER VI. From Cape Erimo to the Tokachi River
CHAPTER VII. The Tokachi Region—Pure Ainu Types—Curious Mode of River Fishing.
CHAPTER VIII. From the Tokachi River to the Kutcharo River.
CHAPTER IX. The Koro-pok-kuru, or Pit-dwellers.
CHAPTER X. The Kutcharo River and Lake—A Sulphur Mine—Akkeshi and its Bay.
CHAPTER XI. From Akkeshi to Nemuro—A Horse Station—Nemuro and its People.
CHAPTER XII. The Kurile Islands.
CHAPTER XIII. On the East and North-East Coast—From Nemuro to Shari-Mombets.
CHAPTER XIV. Along the Lagoons of the North-east Coast—From Shari Mombets to Poronai.
CHAPTER XV. On the North-East Coast—From Poronai to Cape Soya.
CHAPTER XVI. From Cape Soya to the Ishikari River.
CHAPTER XVII. The Ishikari River.
CHAPTER XVIII. Nearing Civilisation.
CHAPTER XIX. Completing the Circuit of Yezo—The End of my Journey.
CHAPTER XX. Ainu Habitations, Storehouses, Trophies, Furniture—Conservatism.
CHAPTER XXI. Ainu Art, Ainu Marks, Ornamentations, Weapons—Graves and Tattoos.
CHAPTER XXII. Ainu Heads, and their Physiognomy.
CHAPTER XXIII. Movements and Attitudes.
CHAPTER XXIV. Ainu Clothes, Ornaments, and Tattooing.
CHAPTER XXV. Ainu Music, Poetry, and Dancing.
CHAPTER XXVI. Heredity—Crosses—Psychological Observations.
CHAPTER XXVII. Physiological Observations—Pulse-beat and Respiration—Exposure—Odour of the Ainu—The Five Senses.
CHAPTER XXVIII. The Ainu Superstitions—Morals—Laws and Punishments.
CHAPTER XXIX. Marital Relations, and Causes that Limit Population.
APPENDIX.
I.—MEASUREMENTS OF THE AINU BODY, AND DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS.
II.—GLOSSARY OF AINU WORDS, MANY OF WHICH ARE FOUND IN GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES IN YEZO AND THE KURILE ISLANDS.[43]
INDEX.
FOOTNOTES
Transcriber's Notes