A shooting trip to Kamchatka . found ourselves at the junctionof three fine valleys, beyond which further advancewith pack-horses was impossible, for the steep slopeson every side were covered with thick alders and low-creeping cedars, affording no safe foothold even tomen. Camp was pitched in a birch grove by the side ofthe main stream at an altitude of 1,500 feet; it wasthe very spot where our aged hunter used to leave hissledge-dogs, and from whence he was wont to start onthe war-trail. From here we could distinctly perceivepart of our future hunting-ground, and several largesnowy corries a
A shooting trip to Kamchatka . found ourselves at the junctionof three fine valleys, beyond which further advancewith pack-horses was impossible, for the steep slopeson every side were covered with thick alders and low-creeping cedars, affording no safe foothold even tomen. Camp was pitched in a birch grove by the side ofthe main stream at an altitude of 1,500 feet; it wasthe very spot where our aged hunter used to leave hissledge-dogs, and from whence he was wont to start onthe war-trail. From here we could distinctly perceivepart of our future hunting-ground, and several largesnowy corries at the foot of rocky peaks. Raisingits cone above the rest, stood, a few miles oft, theKamchatskaia Vershina, like a lone sentry posted towarn off intruders. AN EXTINCT VOLCANO 1/9 Notwithstanding the mosquito-nets which coveredour beds, we spent a sleepless night, partly owingto the excitement of finding ourselves at length onthe eve of our first days shooting, exactly ten daysafter leaving the coast, and nearly two months in-. KAMCHATSKAIA VERSHINA. cessant travelling from St. Petersburg! If there wasany justice in the world, surely the time had comefor our reward. Next morning Littledale and Iwere up at three, ready for a start. The clouds haddisappeared, and a clear sky promised a fine companion, with Silly and one of the caravan i8o A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA men as gillie, took the southern nullah, whilst Iproceeded on horseback due east, escorted by theGeneral and one of the Ganal youngsters. I rodefor about an hour up a side valley through denselyentangled brushwood and tall grass, picking up count-
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