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the passes, and more so on account of the rivers, 

 which are unfordable in June. He prompted us to 

 give up, for the present, our intended expedition 

 to the Ganal Range (about 200 versts inland), and 



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SOUTH PART OF PETROPAVLOVSK VILLAGE. 



to try the ground he was well acquainted with along 

 the coast either north of Avatcha Bay, where he 

 had frequently hunted over the Shipounsky promon- 

 tory, or down the numerous inlets to the south, 

 such as the \'ilutcha, Povorotnaia, Asatcha, and 

 others in the direction of Cape Lopatka. Sheep, he 



