. The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea : with notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various islands of the Malay archipelago. Marchesa (Schooner yacht); Natural history; Natural history. IV.] PETROPAULOVSKY. 73 houses may be reckoned at about one-third of that number. Kittlitz, in 1829, found the settlement to number about two hundred m- habitants, and at the time of our visit we were informed that there were over three hundred ; a number that I should myself be inclined to think overstated. Standing on the now deserted sand-spit,âthe natural break- water of the harlwur,âthe vi
. The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea : with notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various islands of the Malay archipelago. Marchesa (Schooner yacht); Natural history; Natural history. IV.] PETROPAULOVSKY. 73 houses may be reckoned at about one-third of that number. Kittlitz, in 1829, found the settlement to number about two hundred m- habitants, and at the time of our visit we were informed that there were over three hundred ; a number that I should myself be inclined to think overstated. Standing on the now deserted sand-spit,âthe natural break- water of the harlwur,âthe view of the little town and its surround- ^^i. -.^;^_,^^^^: ^^.'^^^-^â PETROPAULOVSKY HARBOUR. ings is strikingly picturesque. To the left is the wooded promontory, the scene of the unfortunate disaster which occurred to the forces of the Allied Fleet in 1854. On the right a hill of some fifteen hundred feet dominates the town, whose log huts are clustered around the shores of the little bay. Here and there a white- painted house of greater pretension strikes the eye, and a stunted grove of trees shelters the church, and the graveyard studded with Eussian crosses. Behind the town, artistically filling in the gap. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Guillemard, F. H. H. (Francis Henry Hill), 1852-1933. London : J. Murray
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