The supply was sent back to Nicolayevsk, where it was eaten by the American merchants.
Accompanying Borasdine I called upon the officer in command.

We were ushered through two or three small rooms into the principal apartment, which contained a piano of French manufacture.

Three or four officers and as many ladies enabled us to pass an hour very pleasantly till the steam whistle recalled us, but we did not leave until two hours after going on board.

Two or three men had been allowed on shore and were making themselves comfortable in a _lafka_.

Two others went for them, but as they did not return within an hour the police went to search for both parties.