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i6> SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA 



t;v' mt !; about, who stood laughing at his helplessness, 



,('i ;. vertheless complied with the little Chinaman's 



wishes. 



The following day's long march was to bring us at 



last to Ganal. The scenery was similar to that of 



preceding days : the road winding through birch and 



poplar woods, with thick undergrowth of tall grass 



ail' here and there a few cedars would inter- 



mity "f the country, and in open spaces 



g ' ' fforded a pi ea- 



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,1 i ,.... I. , •■ ,iing the tundra 



> .. . ar right rose the so-called Gandl- 



. , - jstriaki, or Aiguilles, rows of sharp-edged vol- 

 canic crags, which were as yet invisible on account of 

 the prevailing mist. We could just surmise the exist- 

 ence of a loftier range, bordering the eabi 

 the valley from the steep gullies sweeping do 

 j'lrtly, filled with last winter's snows. At !\er 



end ran parallel' a lower range -;•: ith 



broad plateaux, which we could erceive to 



