A shooting trip to Kamchatka . THE START FROM KHUTOR. Avatcha ; wooden boards, fastened across by the careof the General, afforded us comfortable seats betweenthe piled-up luggage. The day was clear, and lovelythe view of the great Koriak volcano and other highranges opposite, as we glided silently down the swittcurrent of the stream ; this time no exertion wasneeded on the part of the men, who had nothing todo but to steer. Kam sat joyfully at the head of 222 A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA the dug-out, wagging- his tail with contentment, andapparently none the sadder for having left his homefor
A shooting trip to Kamchatka . THE START FROM KHUTOR. Avatcha ; wooden boards, fastened across by the careof the General, afforded us comfortable seats betweenthe piled-up luggage. The day was clear, and lovelythe view of the great Koriak volcano and other highranges opposite, as we glided silently down the swittcurrent of the stream ; this time no exertion wasneeded on the part of the men, who had nothing todo but to steer. Kam sat joyfully at the head of 222 A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA the dug-out, wagging- his tail with contentment, andapparently none the sadder for having left his homefor ever. The same distance which had requiredtwelve hours incessant struggle up-stream was nowinsensibly done in three. At nine we were quiteastonished to find ourselves off the fishing hamlet. DOWN THE AVATCHA RIVKR IN DOUBLE DUG-OUTS. of Avatcha ; as the General had foreseen, the waterat the bar was shallower than usual. It took themen at least an hour to drag our rafts over the sand,and when we were finally afioat again in the bay, theboats we expected to await us were nowhere to beseen. Silly, who had been sent to Petropavlovsk forthem, had probably lost his way, or stopped for a rest COASTING TO SEROGLASSKY 223 in one of the villages.* The sea being- smooth, itwas decided that we should be punted on by the men,following the line of the coast. But this slow modeof advance implied several hours delay, and it wasnot till noon that we reached in this manner a small
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