翻刻
【右丁】
章〆残リ居リタル蝦夷土人ニ逢ヒ尋ヌレハ土
人アハテヽ赤人ヘ答テ云ヤウハ「エトロフ嶋ノ
乙名「ハツハアイノ」ト云者当島ヘ猟業ノ為ニ渡
海シテ此アクツトイ」ニカセキシ滞留ノ内異国
ノ大船一艘漂着ス然ルニ船中無人ニテ死骸只
一ツアリ船主モナキ故ニ荷物ヲ奪取逃去リシ
次第明白ニ告ケレハ赤人𪜈此旨ヲ聞大ニ怒リ
既ニ此島ハ赤人蝦夷人両国入込カセキ場ナレ
ハ異変アルトキハ直ニ相救フヘキ筈ナリ左ハナ
クテ不義ノ振舞言語ニ述ヘ難シトイヘリ其後
【左丁】
予天明丙午ノ夏渡海ノセツ赤人具ニ前章ノ始
末等訴ヘケレ𪜈如何トモスルヨフナシ遠国ユ
ヘニ政事届カサルヨリ如此ノ不義ナル土人モ
出来ルヿ也ト挨拶ハシタレ𪜈前後ツマラサレ
ハ口惜クモ閉口シタリ赤人ノ曰主アル国ハ政
事アリテ天下万邦皆不義ノ振舞不法ノ働ハナ
キモノナリ政事ノナキハ主ナキ島ノ証拠ナリ
因テ日本ノ属島ニシテ日本支配トハ取難シ因
テ開業ヲ興シタル者此島ノ主ナリト云アヘリ
赤人舶渡来ノ事
現代語訳
## （右丁・本文）
……（島に）残り居たった蝦夷土人に逢い尋ねれば、土人はあわてて赤人（ロシア人）へ答えて言うようには、「エトロフ島の乙名（おとな）『ハツハアイノ』と言う者が、当島へ猟業のために渡海して、この『アクツトイ』にて稼ぎ滞留の内に、異国の大船一艘が漂着す。しかるに船中は無人にて、死骸ただ一つあり。船主もなき故に、荷物を奪い取り逃げ去りし次第」と、明白に告げければ、ロシア人もこの旨を聞き、大いに怒り、「もとよりこの島はロシア人と蝦夷人と両国の者が入り込み稼ぎ場にしているのであれば、異変あるときは直ちに相救うべき筈なり。さはなくて、かくの不義の振る舞い、言語に述べ難し」と言えり。
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## （左丁・本文）
予（われ）、天明丙午（ひのえうま）の夏、渡海のせつ、ロシア人が具（つぶさ）に前章の始末等を訴えければ、「いかともするよふなし、遠国ゆえに政事（まつりごと）届かざるより、かくのごとき不義なる土人も出来（いでく）ること也」と挨拶はしたれども、前後つまらざれば、口惜しくも閉口したり。
ロシア人の曰く、「主ある国は政事ありて、天下万邦みな不義の振る舞い・不法の働きはなきものなり。政事のなきは、主なき島の証拠なり。因って、日本の属島にして日本支配とは取り難し。因って、開業を興したる者、この島の主なり」と言い合えり。
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赤人舶渡来ノ事（次章標題）
英語訳
## (Right folio — main text)
…Coming upon the Ainu natives who had remained behind on the island and questioning them, the natives replied in a flustered manner to the Russians: "A man called 'Hatsuha-ai no,' who serves as the *otona* (headman) of Etorofu Island, had crossed over to this island for the purpose of hunting and was working and staying at this place called '*Akutsutoi*.' During his stay, a foreign vessel drifted ashore. However, the ship was found to be empty of any living people, with only a single corpse aboard; and since there was no owner of the vessel to be found, he seized the cargo and fled." They gave a full and clear account of the affair.
Upon hearing this, the Russians were greatly angered and declared: "This island has long been a working ground where both Russians and Ainu enter and ply their trades. When some incident occurs, the two parties ought immediately to come to one another's aid. That this was not done, and that such an act of dishonesty was committed instead, is something beyond words."
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## (Left folio — main text)
When I myself crossed over in the summer of Tenmei *Hinoe-uma* (1786), the Russians gave me a full account of the particulars of the events described in the preceding chapter. I replied: "There is nothing to be done about it — it is precisely because this land is so remote, and the reach of governance does not extend here, that such dishonest natives come to behave as they do." I offered this by way of response, but as the argument could not be sustained from any angle, I was left, to my great chagrin, with nothing more to say.
The Russians declared: "A country with a proper lord has governance, and throughout the world there is no nation wherein wrongful conduct and unlawful acts go unchecked. The absence of governance is proof that this is an island with no master. Therefore, it is difficult to regard this island as a dependency of Japan under Japanese administration. Accordingly, those who have established industries here are the true masters of this island." — Such was their argument.
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*Next chapter heading:* **On the Arrival of Russian Vessels**