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KAMSCHATKA. 



[chap. 



picturesque lake, across which we were conveyed in dug-out canoes 

 to a small village on the opposite shore. From here the road lies 



across a level tundra, and 

 can be travelled by dog- 

 sledge even in the summer. 

 Kluchi itself is a small 

 village composed of a few log-built huts and balagans, but, with its 

 background of the Vilutchinska volcano, is prettily situated. It 

 stands in an open valley, in which some attempts at cultivation are 

 made. The hot springs — the steam from which is visible at some 



