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A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA 



the first Governor-General, stands on the highest point, 

 commanding a view of the country for miles around. 

 The weather was fine, but great was our anxiety as 

 we parted from our obliging captain in search of the 



A SUMMER RESIDENCE (BANKS OF THE AMUR) 



railway station. In the event of our missing the 

 ordinary train, I had telegraphed from Blagovestchensk 

 for a special, but on my inquiry at the station, close to 

 the pier, the answer was that no orders whatever had 

 been given. I learnt, however, that there was a large 

 railwav station the other side of the town, about three 



