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A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA 



considerably damaged, and lying wrecked, while huge 

 waves broke over them in rapid succession. Numerous 

 barges, laden with hay for the horses at the front, lay 

 sideways, half swamped, in the teeth of the hurricane, 

 and both banks of the river were a wild scene of 



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LOCAL CARGO I'.OAT AT KHABAROVSK. 



devastation. Landing was naturally out of the ques- 

 tion for us ; it was with great difficulty that we were 

 able to anchor in midstream opposite the town, close 

 to the junction of the Amur and Ussuri rivers. Here 

 we spent the night amid the roar of the gale and shouts 

 of the terrified passengers. Next morning we found 



