A shooting trip to Kamchatka . he Scotch niile, and thatwe had gone fully eighteen miles betore late in theafternoon we reached the longed-for camping-groundabout a quarter of a mile from the village, which wecould not as yet perceive. Koriak lies concealed bybirch o-roves, on the rioht bank of the Avatcha, andconsists of a few log-built huts, fish-sheds, and a smallwooden church. Opposite rises the lofty cone ot thevolcano which bears the same name. The inhabitants—a few families in all—came crowdino- round us andwatched us pitching camp with intense curiosity. Thesame Asiatic type distinguis
A shooting trip to Kamchatka . he Scotch niile, and thatwe had gone fully eighteen miles betore late in theafternoon we reached the longed-for camping-groundabout a quarter of a mile from the village, which wecould not as yet perceive. Koriak lies concealed bybirch o-roves, on the rioht bank of the Avatcha, andconsists of a few log-built huts, fish-sheds, and a smallwooden church. Opposite rises the lofty cone ot thevolcano which bears the same name. The inhabitants—a few families in all—came crowdino- round us andwatched us pitching camp with intense curiosity. Thesame Asiatic type distinguished these men, though itstruck me to be less noticeable in the representativesof the weaker sex, who resembled ordinary Russianpeasant girls both in features and dress. They all 148 A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA seemed painfully concerned with regard to the unac-countable lack of fish, which usually ascend the riversin large shoals at that time of year, and were at a lossto explain this delay. The season, they said, was the. NATIVE GIRLS AT KOKIAK. worst they had ever had, and, if continued, starvationlay at their door. I naturally refrained from informingthese poor people of the true reason of their mis-fortunes, intending to call the Ispravniks attentionto the subject on our return to Petropavlovsk. lUitthe General and Silly gave them the disastrous news CAMP BEYOND KORIAK 149 of unlawful netting at the mouths of the rivers, andgeneral indignation ensued, followed by the despatchof a petition to the head of the district. Next morning we struck camp at sunrise, with theprospect of a short march of fifteen versts. The Shir-shind had told us that we should pass along the footof a lofty range, and that it was possible we mightfind there what we wanted, As these hills lay on our way to Natchiki andGanal, we decided to make a halt, and visit thosegrounds on the following day. The path led throughsmall swamps and dreary woods, similar to those ofthe previous day. Camp was pitched
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