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

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pissed Of everybody. In all countries, believe ne vol
has no friends or apologiss Why will not sor savant
word in his isvori Certainly there Is no 1'mal tina
stands in greater need Of defence. though I'm not Ger
Tns bear 4 ABUNDANT but no. ariutoeltic, and the
ursine hide Is not considered or much acount All thu
merchants buy the bear skin when 1t ered TO them
eSport Host of tie 6sarskiDs purcnssd here are To-
local uss and 60 make beds seeds Tor sedges heavy
coats for snow storms bag: 70 sleep 70 when travelling
Several bear skins have been sod og board the Wrgh
| since she arrived. here. the Hghet price paid benz
ma lie native bad taken advsnEe Of toe stranger
Ignorance and charged him too much. Expressing
desire 10 purchase bearskin merchant said 70 mo- q
| Of them Come and make . selection Had wishet
to purchase sable silver fox skin do not suppose
sin,es, nsenon Of giving say Ths bsarsEin abcv,
respectable animal in It's time III were to msst bsa
human hnbitation without ahomant's delay
| Bear hunting h one ofthe amusements OF KAN.
times the hunters lie in wt when they expect the bear
to pass Tor food water and shoot him when he Is mot
inspecting danger Agsn, ihey pursue him 70 his
themselves tho boar has the ability and the oppor.
tunty 20 make stubborn resistance Bears quite
abundant z Kam!schdka though ies numerous in this
srs Of the variety knsvn in America ~ the black Of
brown bear though many Of them have quite rasem-
generally in the focst but roam ndiscrmiuaioy cvcs
the peninsula They come sometimes close up to the
towns are quite destructive to cattle ana would probably
pFcvent entirely >he raising and koeping Of sheep Il
were attempted am told that one time, about TWO
years ago. came rushing home 1t MONDAY bring
scratched recovered from the effects Of her ursins
hunt and, Is 70 be presumed, had taste aferward
for that kind Of sport. The bear made good
destruction; bot has never repeated the perform
.nce Of entering Peropaulovsk on the back 81 acow
lent as long Is the bear is hunted but when he turns
and becomes the hunter the fun Of the thing ceases
They have story Of In California who followed
the track Of grizzly for day and half and then aban
doned 4 because, as he explained t vas getting little
The native used to have dance In which
they initiated the motions Of the bear and other animals
together with cries They had the gener-
osity 70 credit the bear with whatever grace Of manner
they possessed recommend the bear % an American
study OF the Of good behaviour and confident that
some Of my countrymen might nud him Chesterfield
or Count D0rsay, from whom they could learn some
The ur trade in Kamtschatka was commenced soon
after the discovery Of the peninsula and prosecuted for
long time by individual merchants from Siberia
When the Russian American company organized in
1894 established its posts t PcropauovskL well
the shores Of the Ochotsk Sea Besides these Il had it's
posts In Russian America and for many
the trade wherever it was established This company
was not 90 great monopoly as the Hudson Bay Com
pany its charter gnntng It exclusive privileges only
Russian America The business at lis Asiac posts was
cSn ana ons sq III m
establishments except the one at Ayan, where It mau-
tans only single clerk Itie peropauovski about six
yesTs ago. having found the trade hero Improbable
The fur trade Il now in the hands Of private mer.
chants, who buy ell the furs not secured by governments
sp s q ws%
man, Of Boston; P1lger Brothers, OF Honolulu. and
nr rhi.lipsus Of g Petersburg. william Burning
e Sons tius, - they hsys rscsntiy cold ont their
neersst aad retired from the ba:nen A. nearly as
lssvIsuI 1nasaa NJ Boardzasn In is2s succecdsd 70
tho pseQssy and business q ~ fa1hsr vhcwas then
engaged in trade III Nohwsse coast OF Amerscs. in
the vicinty u vancouvsrs Island and the mouth OF
!. opsosiiis. 70 shs Hadsos B.y c0npsny. whiss WIN
sra5 o. thal ooes ne ~ 2naiV Induced % al cut
- sss - sss G Ss,s
= psssens arc Henry Pssce, o. Bcsion I'D Josn r.
Csiss, native of ullcrris Engand . n Boardmaa
Pssssssuss he has house 4 Nikolasfsky ,noush OF
The Amoor river under tho control Of H. g. o. Chase,
Ess. csamesci., assnI for the Untsd ssstss INC
At Tigil and the others u voroskae
Niiqua and Mime KamtschaskH prssnme Mr. Board
have bseu likely to continue u Tor many ysau.
Mol w. Phuger has bean hare but two years, having
s s Ss tsSs RUSSIAN Vice Consul q tie ss~dwch
whae9 noaey = supposed q . made: Bosedn.a's
Pnur deals n walrs teeth and other preddots Of the
Arctic rsgiOna The past year and the present hs has
whsre il Win 10 doubt Yield good rsturn Hs has
hip that comes here in the early part Of the yeas bng
ing goods for The trade aud barrels and sa fsr cursg
Arctc ocean, where she trades for furs and walrus
lscsh. Ind returns here In the autumn, whom she
IN the mean time, and proceeds with IL 70 Honolulu.
rho salmon sold at Honolulu, but the walrus teeth
ne sent V Turkey and other places where ivory In
WORT, and the animals are kind enough to shed them
where they can b picked up and preserved. Mr..
RUSSIAN With usncy Hs ssis me thar The whale ship
Hal yest belonging 70 himself and brother, and sailing
under tho Hawsaa Tag was burned last year " the
DON and laid before her Maesty's government which
promptly paid the bin for the destructon " the ship
L would have been fortunate for the other sufferers BY
he shsnasdoah IL their ships had also hailed iron
Three or four years ago Mr. Phfpcus, Who has besn
mentioned In connection with Kamtschadals wedding
here In the interest Of parties Nagasak Hong
Kong and London, and commenced trade. He does
% the peninsula coming hithsr from Hong Kong and
proceodng by way Of the 0ch0tak 70 Ayan youch-
Ing a. Tgil, 0chotsk and GhiJigA Al each Of these
hN agents. and such NJ be can procure - the TINA and
leaves supply 81 GOODS for another years. trade From
proceeds BY land 70 Yaksussk, whsre be has trading
establishment From Yakoutsk be goes 70 Irkoutsk,
and thence BY The winter road 70 81 Petersburg His
ana ser dsposing Of thsm be rvsns BY the Susx and
Red 70 Hong Hong, where he meets his ship
and prepares for another voyage He has in this way
made ave annual pgrimages on this long route Once
he went by way Of New York, Panama and san Fran
cisco, taking sailing ship from the latter point This
lest he declares tedious but thinks the route will DO
an excellent when the American steam limo from
San Francisco 10 China goes into operation. Phpeus
IL now on his yearly visit 70 Peropaulovsk his ship, the
Danxig, being nearly ready for her journey 70 the
PhIlipeus 10 man Of moro than ordinary character,
uslug that word In its broad Significance was intro
duced 10 him ON the day OF my arrival while walking
IN the little wharf where our small boats land /" He
sbsaks,n said the gentleman who introduced us Eng
hsh, French, German and Russian addressed him
in English and We carried brief conversation From
the fucncy and precision OF his language could have
readily believed him 70 BE- English, and was halt sur
prised TO be told he Russian. He speaks reads and
writes these -four languages with pcrecson having 80
far could observe, ready command Of the idiosic
expressions 80 dif1cult 70 acquire His winter jour
news Of seven thousand miles with horses dogs ruin
deer and occasional pedestrian experiment. besides
several years Of government service IN Northeastern
Siberia have made him familiar with hardship Once
he days under the and found by those sent
70 search for him when he he'd apparently not much
longer i've Notwithstanding his many moving acci-
dents by flood and field he has strong and apparently
unmpared constitution, and can doubssss endure much