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was the only material the Kamtschadales had for fishing-nets ; lately it has in 

 some measure been displaced by plantations of hemp on the Kamtschatka river, 

 which also attains an astonishing height. In the western plains, however, it 

 abounds in such quantity as to have preserved its place in the domestic economy 

 of the inhabitants. The forest at the background consists of Betula Ermanni, 

 edged by low willows on the banks of a rivulet, beyond which is seen a bank-like 

 elevation, the margin of which is overgrown by uninterrupted thickets of " Kedrow- 

 nih" Eegular hillocks of this kind, often having the appearance of artificial walls 

 of earth, are common throughout the country, that is to say, curiously enough only 

 on the western side of it ; they begin already in the elevated district of Malka, 

 and are seen as far as the sea ; to the east of that water-shed I have observed 

 nothing of the kind. 



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