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A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA 



seemed painfully concerned with regard to the '" unac- 

 countable " lack of fish, which usually ascend the rivers 

 in large shoals at that time of year, and were at a loss 

 to explain this delay. The season, they said, was the 



NATIVE GIRLS AT KOKIAK. 



worst they had ever had, and, if continued, starvation 

 lay at their door. I naturally refrained from informing 

 these poor people of the true reason of their mis- 

 fortunes, intending to call the Ispravnik's attention 

 to the subject on our return to Petropavlovsk. lUit 

 the General and Silly gave them the disastrous news 



