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A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA 



when the rottincr tish is tlistributed to the animals, the 

 approach to a settlement may be detected long before 

 reaching it by the unpleasant smell with which it is 

 invariably connected. 



To our surprise we found quite a large gathering 

 of Kamchadales and ponies collected from the 



SLEDGE-DOCS AT REST, SHOWING I'.URROWS. 



neiiihboLirin:^ villaoes alreadv awaiting" us ; the Is- 

 pravnik's envoys had not been idle. The natives, 

 who now surrounded us, were mostly of low stature ; 

 their features bore a distinct Asiatic type with 

 prominent cheek-bones, small dark eyes, and jet- 

 black wiry hair. They were probably half-breeds 

 betw^een the oriijinal inhabitants and Russian colonists, 



