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river, guarded on the right by Kojerevska, which is inferior to it in 

 altitude by fifteen hundred feet. To tlie extreme right lies 

 Tolbatchinska, and above the intervening stretch of flat forest land 

 the solitary peaks of the two isolated volcanoes I have before 

 mentioned are visible some fifty miles away. 



We had but little difficulty in getting the canoes requisite for 



FOX TRAP. 



constructing our raft upon somewhat less risky principles than 

 the one that had, thanks to our good fortune, borne us the last 

 seventy miles of our journey in safety. We reverted once more 

 to our old j)lan of dividing forces, and late in the morning recom- 

 menced our voyage amid the firing of many salutes from the guns 

 of the Kojerevskans, to whom we were really sorry to have to 

 bid adieu. At 4 p.m. we reached Uskovska, a hamlet containing 



