CHAPTER XXVIII.--1787-1808.

Captain Vancouver -- La Pérouse in the Pacific -- The Straits of Anian -- A Fantastic Episode -- Russian Hunters and Traders -- The Russian Company -- Dissensions amongst the Northmen -- They Send the _Beaver_ to Hudson's Bay -- The Scheme of Mackenzie a Failure -- A Ferocious Spirit Fostered -- Abandoned Characters -- A Series of Outrages -- The Affair at Bad Lake. 344