A shooting trip to Kamchatka . THE AVATCHA RIVER AND KORIAK VOLCANO. lianks happened to be clear of bushes, we were towedby the whole crew. Luckily—had it not been for thatcircumstance we should never have reached Khutorthat eveninor—austs of a favourable breeze would fillour sails and afford our men a few minutes halted at noon for luncheon. The heat was I40 A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA intense, and here for the first tinie we were introducedto Kamchatkan mosquitoes, which are the scourge ofthe country at that time of year and later on were toembitter our trip. Clouds of them now swar
A shooting trip to Kamchatka . THE AVATCHA RIVER AND KORIAK VOLCANO. lianks happened to be clear of bushes, we were towedby the whole crew. Luckily—had it not been for thatcircumstance we should never have reached Khutorthat eveninor—austs of a favourable breeze would fillour sails and afford our men a few minutes halted at noon for luncheon. The heat was I40 A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA intense, and here for the first tinie we were introducedto Kamchatkan mosquitoes, which are the scourge ofthe country at that time of year and later on were toembitter our trip. Clouds of them now swarmed roundus, gathering from all sides, our faces and calves beingthe scene of a regular battlefield. Smoke was to behenceforth our only defence, to^ether with occasionalwhiffs of wind ; but dead calm to us meant perfectagony. The Admiral tried to console us by sayingthat this was mere childs play in coniparison with whatlay in store for us, especially on the Ganal tundra,or marshy waste, and his forebodings proved correct.
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