The party arrives in Galatz; they discover the box was taken from the ship and given to a man named Petrof Skinsky, who is later found dead with his throat torn open; Mina deduces Dracula is being taken up the river toward his castle; the group divides: Jonathan and Arthur take a steam launch; Seward and Quincey follow by land; Van Helsing and Mina head for the Borgo Pass by carriage.