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A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA 



captain produced from his pri\-ate cellar, and which 

 was textually labelled as follows : " Chatau La Roze. 

 Bottle chez Bismark and Co., Port Arthur." Needless 

 to say that we partook of its contents with the utmost 





TYPES AT NIKOLAIEVSK. 



caution. Nikolaievsk, formerly an important naval 

 station, which was later transferred to Vladivostok, is 

 situated on the left bank of the Amur, and though it 

 cannot comj)ete in commercial power with its younger 

 rival, yet its position on the coast at the mouth of a 



