UPPER ASIA 
trip ; the interesting but not very showy trophies it produces are thought 
worth going for. In the provinces of Tomsk and Yeniseisk, around the upper 
waters of the Ob and Yenisei Rivers, there are vast forests where moose, 
wapiti, roe deer, bears and many of the fur -bearing animals abound, while 
on the ranges which rise behind, ibex, reindeer and musk deer are more 
rarely found. By going up the rivers in mid -winter , when the frozen surface 
grants an easy way for transporting supplies and kit, a hunter might have 
a novel, if somewhat “tough ” trip. Siberian hunters do this every winter 
in search of fur, most valuable sable being a feature of the region at the 
sources of the Yenisei. It is a vast and only partially explored tract of 
country, that stretches along the Siberian side of the Mongol frontier; 
so there is scope for new and original work. The Siberian railway and the 
towns alongside of it form a good base to work from in this particular 
region, but should one attempt to penetrate the great wilderness to the 
north-east it will be a much more serious undertaking. Out in that un- 
known north-eastern corner of Asia the only land features that catch the 
attention are the volcanic mountains of Kamchatka, and ranges such as 
the Stannovoi, Yablonnoi, Yerkhoyansk and Byrranga which break the 
endless sameness of the northern wilderness. These are all very remote 
and inaccessible regions, but their novel character might tempt hunters 
who are eager to experience something quite new. 
Kamchatka has been visited by European sportsmen, and the tales they 
have told of the wild sheep and bears that inhabit that drear peninsula 
seem tempting enough. No traveller, so far as I know, has had the initi- 
ative to make an expedition from the region of Lake Baikal, along the 
Yablonnoi and Stannovoi ranges to Kamchatka. There are many prob- 
lems to solve. Wild sheep of a peculiar variety, named Ovis canadensis 
borealis, allied to the North American sheep, exist on the Stannovoi 
mountains; moose range as far north as the shores of the Sea of Okotsk; 
reindeer are found all the way to the Arctic zone, and in the peninsula of 
Kamchatka another variety of wild -sheep — Ovis canadensis nivicola — 
roams. Kamchatka holds out the prospect of obtaining a few interesting 
trophies, coupled with a considerable expenditure of time, and of being 
submitted to the ravages of mosquitoes of incredible ferocity! All our 
information concerning sport in this strange, volcano -strewn peninsula 
comes from the account published by Prince Demidoff of his trip there 
in company with Mr St George Littledale. Their party spent between 
four and five months on the journey from Europe, out and back again, but 
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