THE RUSSIAN FUR-SEAL ISLANDS, 49 



The aceoinpanying pLotograplis (pis. 40, oia) show the character of this beach 

 better than any description. 



Pagani terminates at tlie northern end with Pcsfshaiii Mys. This is an exceed- 

 ingly jagged cape of the saw-tooth type, the strata of the rock being nearly vertical 

 and with an outlying detached roclv, preventing further passage along the beach. The 

 name, meaning Sandy Cape, has no reference to any characteristic feature of it, but 

 is due to the fact that it forms the eastern termination of rfsfshanai/a Bukhta,^ 

 Sandy Bay, which extends from this cape northwestward. The western termination 

 of this bay is marked by a slight projection of the beach and a low stony reef, which 

 forms the great resUhani ]i(iiili)i(i</rouH(l. A comparatively large stream empties 

 into the bay at its inner end, draining a grass-clad valley of considerable size com- 

 pared with most other valleys in this part of the island, and the coast escarpment is 

 unusually low. 



Beyond this hauliiig-ground the cliffs again approach the sea, and the slightly 

 curved narrow beach, covered with water-worn stones and loose rocks, turns outward 

 in order to pass a slight but very jagged projection of the cliffs, in front of which a 

 l<nv isolated rock on the beach and another in the water beyond the low reef form 

 another attraction for the seals. The rock on the beach, called Urili Kainen,^ Shag 

 I'ock, gives this part of the rookery its name (pi. 54Z»). 



The beach from here to tlie next cape is narrow and rough, covered with water- 

 worn loose rocks from the foot of the steep slope at the back into the sea. This cape 

 terminates in a large, semi-detached, roof-shaped, grass-clad rock, which obstructs the 

 passage along the beach. A hiw but knife-sharp ridge connects it with the cliffs 

 behind; hence the name of the place Pcrenheyel; or Isthmus, and that of the rock 

 Peri'shcyelnlii Kamen. 



From this point the last cape seen to the west is Lebiazhi Mys, which is easily 

 recognized by a pair of cone-shaped twin rocks rising from the extreme end of the reef 

 and several single ones of similar shape nearer the cape, as well as by two detached 

 dangerous rocks situated seaward in the direction of the reef, the outer one fully a 

 third of a mde from the cape. The bay between Peresheyek and this cape is called 

 Lchiazhaya Bukhta, Swan Bay; hence the name of the cape. The beach is rocky and 

 stony. 



On the other side of Lebiazhi ^lys the coast trends more northerly and is visible 

 all the way to Vodopadski Mys, Karabelnoye Rookery. But we are here only concerned 

 with the bay immediately behind Lebiazhi, as it is the last seal-ground at this end of 

 the rookery. The character of the beach differs not from the seal-ground preceding it. 

 Its name is (lorelaya Ji\il;hi«. 



Beturning to Talata we notice that from the extreme point of Palatinski Mys 

 the coast trends more easterly. The abrupt walls of the cliffs are even more precipi- 

 tous, and the beach, utterly inaccessible from the land side, is fringed by wide reefs 

 surmounted by tall isolated rocks assuming the most fantastic shapes as pillars, pin- 

 nacles, towers, etc. Projecting corners hem in snug little coves for the breeding seals, 

 while the outlying rocks and reefs break the force of the angry ocean and afford 

 shelter in quiet pools for the growing pups. 



'Tbere are at leaat four ilift'erent Pestshanayii Bukhta on Copper Island, a source of great 

 coufnsion. 



■ I'lili Kamen is a eonimnn name for vnrions isolated rocl<s on Copper Island; for instance, at the 

 West Cape of tjliuka Hay and in the bay otf Karabelni village. 



F. C. B. 1896—4 



