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A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA 



THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH AT P. LAGOVES TCHENSK. 



On the further side of the Amur, which is a mile 

 and a half broad, some distance inland stands the 

 Chinese town of Aigun, with a population of over 1 5,000 

 inhabitants. It was quite a flourishing- place, and little 

 we thought that we should find it on our return journey 

 a few months later a heap of smouldering ashes, with 

 Russian sentinels oiiardino- the ruins. The Chinese 



