A shooting trip to Kamchatka . MONUMENT TO LA TEKOUSE (PETROPAVLOVSK). La Perouse ! To the left ran the wooded Signalpromontory, with a small gap in its centre overlookingthe waters of the bay ; close to it stands a memorialstone to La Perouse in the shape of a rough piece ofgranite, with an iron chain and anchor attached to it. CRIMEAN MONUMENT 99 On the sandspit, which divides the small harbour,stands a black-painted obelisk-shaped stone monu-ment, surmounted with a cross and star, erected in1881, in memory of the affair of August, 1854. Suchare the ornaments of Petropavlovsk, all of them co
A shooting trip to Kamchatka . MONUMENT TO LA TEKOUSE (PETROPAVLOVSK). La Perouse ! To the left ran the wooded Signalpromontory, with a small gap in its centre overlookingthe waters of the bay ; close to it stands a memorialstone to La Perouse in the shape of a rough piece ofgranite, with an iron chain and anchor attached to it. CRIMEAN MONUMENT 99 On the sandspit, which divides the small harbour,stands a black-painted obelisk-shaped stone monu-ment, surmounted with a cross and star, erected in1881, in memory of the affair of August, 1854. Suchare the ornaments of Petropavlovsk, all of them con-. THE CRIMEAN MONUMENT AT PETROPAVLOVSK. secrations to bravery and pluck. Nor should I forget,to mention the comparatively large Government House,and close to it the building in which the annual sup-plies are stored, both painted a dull brick-red. Pro-visions are either sold to the natives, or exchanged forsable or other skins they may bring in. at market loo A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA price. Each mans account is carefully kept in thebooks, and if his debit outweighs his credit, the resultof his winter chase must restore the balance in hisfa\our before fresh supplies are given out. Govern-ment taxes, or yassa^\ are likewise paid in this or three fur dealers, besides the Seal FisheriesCo., compete in spring at the Government auctionrooms ; all the collected furs are thus disposed of bythe Ispravnik, At the time of our visit the price ofsables varied from twenty to a hundred roubles (^2 to^10), blue fox fetched more, while sea-otter attainedthe highest figures, reaching ^100
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