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A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA 



evening" we landed at a spot where the river winds 

 round in a well-nigh complete circle of over twenty 

 miles, thus forming a narrow-necked peninsula, over 

 which we walked. It was a beautiful clear night, and 

 we lit bonfires in expectation of our steamer, which 



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THE "burning cliff" ON THE AMUR RIVER. 



joined us an hour later close to Korsakoff post. The 

 Si(u(ian\ with our companions on board, having not 

 yet turned up, we decided to continue our journey 

 to Blagovestchensk and await them there. As we 

 mounted deck on the following morning (June 9), 

 we found that the river had considerably widened ; 



