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A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA 



steamers. Unfortunately, thouoh Vladivostok lies in 

 the same latitude as Venice, the port, owing to the 

 severe climate, is frozen from the middle of December 

 to the end of March, and all traffic is suspended for 



OUR PORTERS AT VLADIVOSTOK. 



over three months of the year. The streets are 

 uneven, and, if anything", more dusty than at Khaba- 

 rovsk. The population consists chiefly of the Russian 

 garrison, and of over 14,000 Chinese and Corean 

 tradesmen and coolies. Leaving my wife at the 



