A shooting trip to Kamchatka . AN OLD FISHERMAN AT KLUCHI. (^50) for the journey. Vast areas of land were tobe liberally allotted them for farming purposes, andfor the first seven years they were to be free from allGovernment duties and taxes. Twenty-five familieshad responded to this appeal, and, having sold all their 26o A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA belongings, emigrated to Kamchatka, where theysettled down in the interior. But corn would notgrow, and neither the promised money was paid nor. j^ RKMOVINC. SALMON FROM TKAT (). the implements delivered to them, having probablyremained in
A shooting trip to Kamchatka . AN OLD FISHERMAN AT KLUCHI. (^50) for the journey. Vast areas of land were tobe liberally allotted them for farming purposes, andfor the first seven years they were to be free from allGovernment duties and taxes. Twenty-five familieshad responded to this appeal, and, having sold all their 26o A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA belongings, emigrated to Kamchatka, where theysettled down in the interior. But corn would notgrow, and neither the promised money was paid nor. j^ RKMOVINC. SALMON FROM TKAT (). the implements delivered to them, having probablyremained in the hands of the officials. All theirdemands proved useless. The unfortunate colonistsfell into the utmost poverty, and scattered throughout SALMON STORE 261 the different settlements of the peninsula in search ofemployment. Hoping to find work and means of sub-sistence, the relater of this sad story had left his familyin the north and come to Petropavlovsk, where he hadearned a few roubles. He had then returned to his
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