A shooting trip to Kamchatka . A GILIAK (). introduced ourselves to a colonel, who most oblig-inglytold us all he knew about the war, \iz. that the GermanMinister at Pekin had been murdered, and that theLegations were besieged by the allied Hoxers andIm|)erial troops. In addition to this, communication NIKOLAIEVSK 277 between Tien-Tsin and Pekin had been cut off, thePel-ho river turned by the Chinese, and the wellspoisoned, thus rendering prompt relief totally impos-. sible. In this state of affairs, he said, and a monthhaving- elapsed since he had received the last post,foreign rep
A shooting trip to Kamchatka . A GILIAK (). introduced ourselves to a colonel, who most oblig-inglytold us all he knew about the war, \iz. that the GermanMinister at Pekin had been murdered, and that theLegations were besieged by the allied Hoxers andIm|)erial troops. In addition to this, communication NIKOLAIEVSK 277 between Tien-Tsin and Pekin had been cut off, thePel-ho river turned by the Chinese, and the wellspoisoned, thus rendering prompt relief totally impos-. sible. In this state of affairs, he said, and a monthhaving- elapsed since he had received the last post,foreign representatives must have all fallen into thehands of the Celestial fanatics. Soldiers were busy 278 A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA cleconitinL;- the Club with festoons and flags, and pre-parations were being carried on for a banquet on the
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