The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . e year for their verdict. Once more on his Avay to St. Petersburg, he had already reached Mosccav,when he was again summoned to appear Avithout delay before the court ofIrkutsk. A journey to Siberia is, under all circumstances, an arduous under-taking ; Avhat, then, must have been Stellers feelings Avhen, instead .of enjoy-ing the repose he had so Avell merited, he saAV himself obliged to retrace hissteps for the fourth time, for the purpose of vindicating his conduct before arasc
The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . e year for their verdict. Once more on his Avay to St. Petersburg, he had already reached Mosccav,when he was again summoned to appear Avithout delay before the court ofIrkutsk. A journey to Siberia is, under all circumstances, an arduous under-taking ; Avhat, then, must have been Stellers feelings Avhen, instead .of enjoy-ing the repose he had so Avell merited, he saAV himself obliged to retrace hissteps for the fourth time, for the purpose of vindicating his conduct before arascally tribunal ? On a very cold day his Cossack guards stopped to re-fresh themselves with some biandy at an inn by the road-side, and Steller,who remained in the sledge waiting for their return, fell asleep), and Avasfrozen to death. lie lies buried near the toAvn of Tjumen, and no monument apprises thenaturalist, Avhom the love of knoAvledge may lead into the Siberian Avilds, thathis unfortunate predecessor Avas thus basely requited after years of exertionin the interests of science. ^ 354 THE CHUKCH AT PETKOPAVLOSK. CHAPTER XXIII, KAMCHATKA. Climate.—Fertility.—Luxuriant Vegetation.—Fish.—Sea-birds.—Kamcbatkan Bird-catchers.—The Bar• of Avatscha.—Petropaylosk.—The Kanichatkans.—Their physical and moral Qualities.—The Fri-tiUaria Sarrana.—The Muchanior.~—Bears.—Dogs. nnilE peninsula of Kamchatka, though numbering no more than 6000 or 7000-*- inhabitants, on a surface equalling Great Britain in extent, has so many-natural resources that it could easily maintain a far greater number. The cli-mate is much more temperate and uniform than that of the interior of Siberia,being neither so excessively cold in winter, nor so intensely hot in summer;and though the late and early night-frosts, with the frequent fogs and rains,prevent the cultivation of corn, the humid air produces a very luxuriant herba-ceous vegetation. Not only along the bank
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