The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-26
y SIB Err IA.
A VOYAGE ACROSS THE PACIFIC.
TUE COAST CF KAMTsCnATKA.
DESCRIPTION OF RrvROPAULOVSKL
A KAMCHADALE WEDDING.
&c. &c. DO.
QUA KAmTscHATKA CORRESPONDENCE.


~. A,,.r,,. and far more mono.snoua On III
Pacific y. -, but two sail during q voyage Q
th,rv a.v. ga those within q few hundre
mile. ~ III coA Of California There are YER
fsv sb,D. Crossing the North Pacific beyond th
whaers that make then cruising ground In It's waters
and those are by no mean abundant The track Of ih
vessels plying between 81 Francisco aad China Ne
further to the SOUTH In tho "son o. tho trade winds
though the distance exceeds that By the great circle
route between the two terminal points Of the rcuto
should the new steam line be.wsA San Francisco and
shanghae DO permitted to drop che. Sandwich Islands
from the servics the steamers with pr ably Pas 70 the
northward 10 about the latitude Of dry Agrees instead
Of follow ng the parallel between those >citieG The
great circle route from Shanghai to San Franci pss
very tho Aleutian Islands; but would not be r.
v!sabe to 90 In their vicinity account Of the pew
ienco OF fogs
Moro than two-hirds OF my voyage tho Pacific
made through banks OF dense fog, and the sunset
the night sighted the OF Kams chatka.
the arst clear for three weeks The of Kam-
tschatka bold and clearly deanod the mountains
rising abruptly from tho and presenting islands
or nythng like rocks TO render the approach difficult
dangerous These mountains excellent land
marks to the navigator, and laid down nil good
charts Of the coast The highest peaks like regular
cones with Incline sufficiently abrupt to render tho
ascent worry difcuit II not impossible. At distance
their sides appear quito smooth, but o nearer view
shows them to be like other mountains, scanned with
ravines and furrowed in instances from tho base
up to the very top Az we approach tho entrance OF
the harbor tho most prominent OF these mountains Is
"wuiuchinskA,r which stands apparently behind the
bay We wish 70 mako. though really . considerable
distance TO tho southwark On the right hand, and
toward tho north. 10 . cluster Of three mounta' ms
Of which two, "Korianski" and aAvatcha, - are
smoking steadily though quietly like tho chimney Of
huge mandatory when the nre Is nearly spent Every
few years eruption takes place. and ashes and stones
thrown to q considerable distance. These erupuons
always take place whom the volcanoes have boon almost
inactive for several months and are Immediately pre-
coded BY earthquakes OF frequent Occurrence and Of
consdsrabls severity Captain King, Of the
celebrated explorer Captain Cook says tina. In l77o At
tho trne Of bis vist there erupson Of Avatcha
mountain In which small stones thrown 70 Petro-
pauovsk distance OF twenty-five miles and ashes fell
the doeks Of h ships thsn anchored the harbor
Mr. Pierce, gentleman new.resding here. tolls Of
eruption in February, 1851, that was preceded by an
earthquake tst overthrow tanbIess standing on the
tables. and threw down the IN his and other
houses This wss ollossd by earthquakes less violent
but OF hourly occurrence, for two thrcs days, which
gradually diminished In force but continued at
intervals for three weeks NJ. rsrce says he expects
another eruption IN short time, the mountains have
been very quiet during tho present year. e..sra
The entrance to tho bay Of Ava,acha il an excellent
being easy Of approach marked by prominent head
lands and not far from two miies In width. To the
right Of the sasrancs bvn three hundred fee, high
Is lighthouse that serves . beacon by day and
light at night II was formerly illuminated only whom
ship sight, but 10 has been this year arranged
that light shall be constantly shown between sunset
and SUNRISE great Improvement upon the old custom
When ship ID approaching the coast tho light.
keeper notifies the officials at tho port by hosting nag
STAFF visible from the Governors house This Gag
staff is hi! some four Eve miles from tho light
house. the latter not being visible from the town. Az
requires two hours for tho Ish,keeper 70 60 from hs
station 10 this hin II often happens that ship passes
inside tho bay aud II the entrance before the
signal holsted. This the case at the tims Of my
arrival Tho ship being under steam proceeded rapidly,
WITH favong tide, and vas 10 sghi q the tort before
the signal dag put IN tis plaza by tho iahkacpc
Tho the bay u about four miles IN length,
and aftor passing through u nnfs himself 10 mo
conference eight mfles In dsmstrr There u good
sichorass all over this bay, and tho Of tho waters
10 sutncient for the oit-mentioned "navirs oi tho
world ne bay IL oron through tho entrance toward
the southeast that violent s,orrs from that quarter
might protuce rwrl uncorn'ortapis 70 small yssses
II u sad that Of tho mountsn sqrafs IN summer
not altogether pleasant. though no accident IL re-
corded from their effect
ouahly surveyed ~ Russian, English and American
p.orers Captain King one u tho Cast " describe
y, aud alter him cormos'': seh p sna Al
Captain Decchy, With the British ship nlog.
con, rsms here in 1871, and Captain John
IN 1885, and rnafo chart from hs surveys and
from TIE Russian and British authorities Around the
cd sof Avstchs hay arc several anal hsrtor- one Or
wtc but for tho scarcely Of fresh watar, would mako
excellent sits Tor city o. plrce Tor nsry yard
Of mar ffnt la no
western SIDE, near tho entrance q small river. Wph
The exception that the scsne gts more sretc Than 'Tor
hs bay 10 ,hs hay ~ Panama Although Il d now Jag
the mountains IA rnany places sresis 81 With snow,
tIat frequently extends anos' Gown 70 thelr tasss
sno- never disappears entirely IN this latitude few ~
the hanks remaining tne hls throughout the rum
until the autumn brings tie storms thai usher a
the early northern winter.
insise tie entrance tho.e OF err parry who
had beGorr kept ther ewes urnef to~ ard tie
rsht hand SIDE cf Tie boy 1 fheTe u, sslf one,
there IL pe,rcranovsk and lasi ftea canght SIGHT
Or c iowa nestled a~sy On the edseof ha,boE IA,
ogt from the bay ~ hits ihfea u ifs Mi1s
A large ship which reengnlzrt By her Ia ~ RS.
sian mAn- ssr, 49, ~ te enfancs 81 lbs habpr, aud
beyoad her roorei hernia hf1titc brig evidently
Or American huid H. AIfroschng We lost sight o. she
aLJ The 8hlr< BY n an lnisf cnlAz L, en-
then brought % view sgn.n NJ TUNED % agptoacA
the ancnor4e. We carried tho A ercna Gag A.
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