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A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA 



Ihe calamities of war had not even spared this 

 distant corner of the globe ; the storms and breakers 

 of these remote northern seas had sounded the death- 

 knell of many a daring explorer, such as Behring and 



MONUMENT TO LA TEKOUSE (PETROPAVLOVSK). 



La Perouse ! To the left ran the wooded Signal 

 promontory, with a small gap in its centre overlooking 

 the waters of the bay ; close to it stands a memorial 

 stone to La Perouse in the shape of a rough piece of 

 granite, with an iron chain and anchor attached to it. 



