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rounded pebbles, extends northward under tlie clayey banks for several hundred 

 yards, and continues in the same manner under the precipices of one of the higher 

 mountains of this part of the island, rising to 1,400 feet. No particular feature, except 

 a pile of rocks somewhat larger than usual, distinguishes this part of the beach, which 

 is named Sabatcha Dira, the "the dog hole."' 



From here to Pestshani Mys the character of the coast and beach is the same, 

 except that about halfway the overhanging cliifs crowd tbe beach still more closely, 

 with a small reef at their feet, thus forming a '' mys," or cape, Zapadni Mys, probably 

 so called because it is situated nearly due west from Glinka village. The gently 

 curving beach between Zapadni and Pestshani Mys is called Pagam, the Unclean, for 

 no obvious reason. At this place there is a break in the mountain wall behind, for 

 above the coast escarpment a comparatively wide valley opens up, the drainage from 

 which empties out at Pagani in three distinct streams. 



The accompanying photographs (pis. 46, 54«) show the character of this beach 

 better than any description. 



Pagani terminates at the northern end with Pestshani Mys. This is an exceedingly 

 jagged cape of the sawtooth type, the strata of the rock being nearly vertical and 

 with an outlying detached rock, preventing further passage along the beach. The 

 name, meaning Sandy Gape, has no reference to any characteristic feature of it, but 

 is due to the fact that it forms the eastern termination of Pestshanaya BuMta,^ 

 Sandy Bay, which extends from this cape northwestward. The western termination 

 of this bay is marked by a slight projection of the beach and a low stony reef, which 

 forms the great Pestshani hauling ground, A comparatively large stream empties into 

 the bay at its inner end, draining a grass-clad valley of considerable size compared 

 with most other valleys in this part of the island, and the coast escarpment is 

 unusually low. 



Beyond this hauling ground the clifls again approach the sea, and the slightly 

 curved narrow^ beach, covered with water- worn stones and loose rocks, turns outward 

 in order to pass a slight but very jagged projection of the clifis, in front of which a 

 low isolated rock on the beach and another in the water beyond the low reef form 

 another attraction for the seals. The rock on the beach, called Urili Eamen,^ Shag 

 Eock, gives this part of the rookery its name (pi. 546). 



The beach from here to the next cape is narrow and rough, covered with water- 

 worn loose rocks from the foot of the steep slope at the back into the sea. This cape 

 terminates in a large, semidetached, roof-shaped, grass-elad rock, which obstructs the 

 passage along the beach. A low but knife-sharp ridge connects it with the cliffs 

 behind; hence the name of the place Peresheyeh, or Isthmus, and that of the rock 

 PeresheyeksM Kamen. 



From this point the last cape seen to the west is Lebiazhi Mys, which is easily 

 recognized by a pair of cone-shaped twin rocks rising from the extreme end of the reef 



1 There are a number of places on Copper Jsland called Sabatcha Dira, but they are in all other 

 cases actual holes through the roots. I have been unable to see the application of the name to that 

 part of the Palata rookery now so designated. Formerly there may have been such a perforated rock, 

 now crumbled to pieces. 



2 There are at least four different Pestshanaya Bukhta on Copper Island, a source of great 



confusion. 



3 Urili Kameu is a common name for various isolated rocks on Copper Island; for instance, at the 

 West Cape of Glinka Bay and in the bay off Karabelni village. 



