STOREHOUSES 



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everywhere, almost down to sea -level. We went 

 on shore to visit the town. The hamlet consists 

 of some eighty wooden huts, of which a dozen, 

 including the Ispravnik's residence, show the com- 



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MONUMENT TO BEHRING (PETROrAVLOVSK). 



parative ease of their owners. The main street 

 runs unevenly parallel to the shore ; a few wooden 

 planks obviate the necessity for wading through the 

 mud. It is adorned by the presence of two store- 

 houses, one of them belonging to the Russian Seal 



