A shooting trip to Kamchatka . VIEW OPPOSITE GANAL. swarmed in myriads ; their numbers were so great thatthe walls of almost every hut were covered and con-cealed by them to the depth of half an inch. Thenatives carried brown gauze over their faces ; we couldonly protect ourselves by lighting fires round the tentsand filling them with smoke. As soon as we hadsettled down in only comparative comfort, accom- 172 A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA panied by the General, we crossed over to the villagein order to secure hunters, or guides, who could leadus to the most likely nullahs. It turned out that t
A shooting trip to Kamchatka . VIEW OPPOSITE GANAL. swarmed in myriads ; their numbers were so great thatthe walls of almost every hut were covered and con-cealed by them to the depth of half an inch. Thenatives carried brown gauze over their faces ; we couldonly protect ourselves by lighting fires round the tentsand filling them with smoke. As soon as we hadsettled down in only comparative comfort, accom- 172 A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA panied by the General, we crossed over to the villagein order to secure hunters, or guides, who could leadus to the most likely nullahs. It turned out that therewas not a single man capable of giving any informa-tion about the hills. The constant reply was, iW. A SALMON TRAP ACROSS THE I5YSTRAIA RIVER. znaicvi ( We dont know ), which greatly remindedus of the Monorolian Bc/iness, so a^Tavatino- toweary and keen travellers. They said that none ofthem had ever gone beyond the tundra, and that therewas not one hunter in their midst. Each winter anodd caribou would be shot when the animal was soobliolno- as to run the (gauntlet through the villao^e. A WELL-KNOWN HUNTER 173 Deep was our perplexity at this unexpected turn ofaffairs, for we had been assured at Petropavlovsk thatthe Ganahans were all mighty hunters before theLord ! In the evening, as we sat discussing- plans andshaking off mosquitoes, the General introduced to usan old man of seventy, who, as he expressed himself,was discontented with his ears. Not only was hequite deaf, but apparently almost dumb. Neverthe-less, the few words we could get out of him were asa ray of sunshine in the darkness. He appeared tohave been a well-known hunter in his younger days,and had actually shot wild s
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