The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-01


Admiral Price the English commander, finding he
could not capture the place comnted suicide during
being instantly fatal Soon after the hnal repulse the
meet SAILED away from the bay ana returned IN the FOL
oSng year with an addition 70 their nsmoer OF seven
vessels With this feet Of thirteen sii one Of which
WAS seventy FOUR they felt certain 70 win- This
poweui squadron arranged It's rendezvous on The coast
anu was several days in sight before entering The Rus
sian frgaies had departed and the town was without
fence TWO American shirs carrying the ot2cess and
entered Avntcha bag and sailed away sesu whiie the
1ee was or she coast but managed 20 cde observation
when me asd neet entered the bay lay or she town.
the inhabitant with the oc as ned to the intor and
the city OF Sts. Peter and Paul was IN Ne sole
possession q two American merchants and i've or six
brutss led shs stiles 70 believe such progous
number OF dogs must be backed up BY large force or
attempting to hold Communication For feet Of tnr
teen sal 70 be held - bay by vs hundred dogs mus
remained FOR several hour waiting ISe eom,r~ oISs
cooperating land troops before sesdng . boat to
Southern town that was entirely deserted BY all
landed they burned the government buildings but
sPsc'ed private ascordsg % as usage. o. War
preceding year. and thu est departed saed with The
result.
All Abssss tho Kams~ch adnle Dsgs-Hew They
are Reared. Trained asA Essd- Winter
TravctsH schaska-A IeStev Altogether
Dog-muelc.
PFRorAuLorki. July - tAuxast y. 1894
Those OF our ships party who here last season.
as well several persons in San Francisco propbesed
that would be unable 70 seepon the first night Of my
stay in Petropaulovsk. II the universal testimony
that the bowling OF the Kamschsdaie dogs enough TO
Danish all idea Of sleep from the mind Of person
who hears IL for the fret time Accordingly was pre-
pared for most discordant OF canne voices
but was disappointed ON my arrival TO learn that the
dogs ara nearly all enjoying their vacation
Of town. Some OF them within hearing distance,
about twenty being the point Of land II tho entrance
OF the harbor while dozen others are tied on the hill
side opposite and below anchorage am therefore
able to judge what kind Of noise coad be made IL the
whole canine population Of Petropaulovski should
tune their harmonious voices and wake the
echoes OF the hills with their nocturnal refasns
Few OF the Kamtschadae dogs abie 10 bark but this
deficiency is made up by ability and ncnatios 10
howl, much like the dogs Of civilized lands with the
difference that they do il oftener, longer louder aqtA
more unmslodiousy than the worst cur that ever tin
ishcd his days at tho Manhattan dog pound passed
into sausage cdbes the precincts
OF Fulton Market
When the Wright was here last year 1t the be-
ginning Of winter and the dogs being assembled in
town preparatory to beginning their am told
the number is about fifteen hundred when all are
counted, and that each has Of great depth
and power though all are not pitched upon the same
note The time TO feed the dogs Is about sunset, aud
for hour before their food brought the begin
their music Fifteen hundred dogs giving their whole
minds to Il capable Of making great noiss every
must admit The bowling that begs for
the daily allowance Of food is qaisted when
that food Is brought. and for time
there is brilliant display OF compare
i've silence. During the night the noise Il frequeny
repeated being started up by enthusiastic brus
and speedily rspated TO By his fourteen hundred and
ninety nine friends During the day there il not 80
much OF the noise night time, the dogs by
allow anything like the eiltnsss Of soiituds to
exist tbs foreign msvcbauts tell they become
sccusiomsa to the howling. and sesp 1t night II
sething whatever the matter presume i is inst
like accustoming ones self any other noise during
sleep @
Dogs are the sole reliance in winter for traveIng and
the transportation OF freight Horses used In
mer but there no roads that called such
these animals be employed 70 advantage making
expensive matter to travel send freight by them
In winter the absence OF aud tho deep and fire.
quent make II Impossible for horses to travel
aud II then that dogs called into The Kant
schadale dogs OF the same kind a. the Esqumaux
dogs which everybody has seen in pictures but arc Of
superior character, as moro care IL paid 20 breeding
az con1 SssweS. sbs head or Psnusr uir and tSs
shores OF bchring sea Though Of the same breed as
those in Kamtachntka they seem to DO stronger and
sesssd Of mors endurance All these dogs bear quite
close resemblance 70 the~woif and might BE- taken for
that animal without difficulty II is tact we'll known
II not impossible that this breed or dogs may have
been originally produced by careful mixture Of the
wolf with some species OF dog now unknown.
Some Of the Kamtschadale dogs are covered with
shor, thick fur. l patted one yesterday whose skin
eA like beavers while others have their hair long and
coarse but with short fur underneath At this
Of the year they shedding their old coats and putting
on new ones and the amount OF hair they cast on Is
quite astonishing to novice. They must 90
warmly covered for they placed under shelter
but tied summer and winter in tho open air
In summer they dig holes In the ground
keep themselves cool. and in winter they burrow
the snow 10 keep warm When n team halts for the
night while travelling In winter the dogs very bar
row out OF sight, where they sleep comfortably until
morning not forgetting. however, to give information Of
their existence ny an occasional how ana they are
particularly prompt TO hide ia the snow when q winter
storm IL raging
Tue face Of the Kamtschadale dog narrow Ike that
OF wol with sharp and Short pointed ana erect
Some OF the dogs snow white, some are brown
and others of varegated hues, like the anomalous
"yaer dorg' OF America. Some have slender bodies
with long Iegs while others short and stout. the
former being preferable for travelling. they step
mm od .Sas SIGN o. good DOG 20 savo the occ put
bone between the ear high and sharp II being con-
sider,d an Indication OF endurance aud doclity.
In former times care was devoted 10 the rearing
aud training dogs than at present II Is said to have
once ,,ccn the custom TO keep the dogs in yards sib
tsrran AN houses in snd has in winter
when not in With such keeping the dogs, when
haruesed ready ir the road, would set out and
with great rapdity bang impccd thereto by the great
mood IN ght In their ewes and tho unusual sounds
around them The Kamtschadales do not AT present
give much care TO training their dogs as Of yorc,
though they still devote attention to them than Is
shown by the Esquimsuy II was once the rule never
harness dog Beyond what needed for his educa
ton before ne ihree years old The reduced num-
Der OF dogs caused by canine denies that have pre-
vailed Mt various times, together with the starvation
years ago by the failure OF the fishery has
PEELED departure from this rule Dogs intended for
drsngh purposes rendered incapable or propagation
the as with horses in Amerca. The breeding dogs
or both sexes are never except in case OF necessity.
trained 10 harness. \
The dogs trained by the Kamischadsle natives from
whom they originally purchased, though some OF the
white inhabitants engage 10 the business Al fret
they trained to draw small loads aud ran lightly
and rapidly and during the training process the load ~
never made heavy that cannot b. drawn with
dor like horse whsn he has acquired the habit
Of going slowly afterwards DO made to move
easily and swiftly the snow. good dog after
training be purchased Tor twenty thirty roubIes
but the price varies much does that OF horses In
America elsewhere and In controlled, like everything
else, by Oh. laws Of supply and demand. The most
pensve dog team ~ the leader, whose name ind
his position. The dogs harnessed In couples
like "spke team" In America, The leader being In nd
of n Thrca 6va and