I30 A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA 



had already started for the interior. Towards evening, 

 as we were engaged in shipping our belongings on 

 board the Storoj^ the Ispravnik sent us for inspection 

 his team of sledge-dogs duly harnessed and put to his 

 narta, a most comfortable-looking closed vehicle, on 



THE ISPRAVNIK S TEAM OK SLEDGE-DOCS. 



long snow-rtmners, made of reindeer skin with a small 

 window behind and room for a single person. A native 

 driver in winter clothing, with his sharp-edged stick, 

 accompanied this arctic turn-out — quite an interesting 

 display, which Tallent proceeded to photograph. My 

 valet, Cristo, was taken ill during the night and 

 declined to follow us on our expedition, so that I 



