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A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA 



on the Sjiiioan', and the water running through the 

 ceihno- inundated our cabins. Durino- the nio-ht a 

 dense fog set in, delaying our arrival at Radde, which 

 we reached at six a.m., three hours overdue. 



There we were met by two Cossack hunters, whose 

 accounts of sport in our district roused our spirits. 

 According to them, " izubra" stags were more plentiful 

 in the Chinese Khingan, a couple of days' march in 

 the interior of the country, the best time of year being 

 the end of August and September. Ponies could be 

 got at Radde, as well as men for the caravan. One 

 of the hunters, who went by the name of Kobosoff, 

 had killed two tigers the previous winter. They said 

 that there were plenty of bears, roedeer, and pig, as 

 well as that mysterious animal, inhabiting the rocks, of 



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TANOKAMIC VIKW OK KHAKAKC 



