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the Kanichatdales, and the only town on the eastern coast of 

 the Kamchatka peninsula. It is situated on the right shore 

 of the splendid Bay of Avatcha, which may claim, with that 

 of San Francisco, to be one of the finest harbors in the world. 

 This little town of 500 inhabitants points with pride to its 

 two monuments of Bering and La Perouse ; and its old forti- 

 fications, now covered with grass and flowers, serve to recall 

 the defeat of the English and French allies, who attacked 

 the village during the Crimean war. 



REPULSE OP THE ALLIES. 



It was from Avatcha Bay that Captain Vitus Bering, the 

 first Russian navigator of the strait which bears his name, 

 sailed, in June, 1741, on his last voyage. After discovering 

 the American coast, and the magnificent peak which he 

 named Mount St. Elias, scurvy broke out among his crew, 

 and his ship drifted about at random until November, when 

 it was wrecked on the uninhabited island which still bears 

 his name. Bering and many of his men died on this island. 



