Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-26

SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT A VERY on
SCCRE COUNTRY.

SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT VERY OBJ
SQUIRE COUNTRY.
| From the London Times.
Mr.. G. T. kettiewel, whose steam yacht Mar
chesa sailed from Cowes on January IL on q
voyage round the world, brought his vessel
| back to Yokohama on October 5, after a cruise
! of some eight weeks in northern waters, during
which time. accompanied by Lieut. Ffolliott
| Powell, r. N, and Dr. Guiemard. he trayersed
Kanschatka almost from end to end From an
interesting icttcr recently received rom Dr.
UuiiIetnard, We gather the following pa ticulars:
Leaving Hakodadi on August voyage OF
nine Gays under steam and sail brought the
Marcfesa to PetrOpaulovsky, a town of some
S'U lphab:taats situate on the shores of Avatika
BAY This is perfectly land-ocked harbor.
containing like Sydney harbor numerous minor
| fiarbors, and pronounced to excel both
| Syd1ey and the Bay of Rio in
! the beauty and grandeur of its surroundings.
! i've grand mountains. volcanoes ranging from
| I.Vo To ii 600 feet in altitude. towering above
/ the placid waters OF the bay. A week was
] spent here in organizing the expedition to the
north, and On August 10 the party started. ac-
coiEpanIed by two Russian guides and interrre-
| tiers and five kaHtschatdalers in charge of the
! twenty-siX horses and fOals which were required
| for the journey. Riding nine hours a day and
] stopping two days only en- route, on one OF
which they hunted but only obtained one bear
! the party Travelled north for fourteen DAYS, Mt
! the end OF which time they struck the head
! waters OF the Great hamptschtka river. the dis
! tance to which had been much underestmated
! by the guides Having made arrangements for
! the yacht to meet them on the coasts. and not
Wishing her to be longer than was necessary in
| unsurvcycd waters, all idea Of hunting had to
! tr abandoned. and the voyage down the
river was commenced without delay.
RaitS were built over dug-out canoes and
! on these the expedition iiOated down to the sea
"a distance Of 400 miles. The scenery. which
was that OF blIci forests bordering long lake
IKE reaches OF river for a great part of the
voyage became OF q Grander type as the coast
was Dcared At o re point six magnificent noun
tans were in sight at the same time one
kiootcheiskoiia by name. superb volcano,
absolutely c0nical. and nearly 1900 feet in
height Autumn had bv this time had its effect
upon the landscape. and the coloring OF the
forest is described by DR.. Guiemard as equal in
richness of scarlet. crimson and gold to that of
the forests OF birch rowan and aspen in Laniand
and Norway. The expedition camped nightly
on the banks of the river: the weather was bril-
liant tut very cold after sunset. so much So
indeed that the mercury fell below the freezing
point in the tents. but it was Il perfectly dry
cold, and the whole party reached the coast
in rude health. Bears swarmed in the forest
and at one hamlet passed on the voyage as
many as ninety had been killed in a month
butA anu aUOunueu ana al
f0rded plenty of sport. while in places the
river was SO full of salmon that the banks
were lined with thousands OF fish in = dead or
dying condition. Dir. Guil!emard made out six
or seven varieties of salmon but expresses an
opinion that there are even more than this
Photographs of the principal mountains were
taken. and their positions and attitudes obtained
by observation, and soundings We're taken of
the river and its course from the Headquarters
to the sea. Joining the Marchesa at tine mouth
of tie river. Mr.. kettleweil took her across to
Behring's island. where the Alaska fur COM
pany's seal 'rOOkery' was visited, the party
travelling across the tundras in sledges drawn
by twelve dogs each. The roOkery' was found
to consist or some $1,000 fur seals basking on
the low shores of one of the most desoate
islands in the world. Hence the Marchesa pro-
ceedcd to Cape Shipunsky. where the party
made good bar of big-horn and after short
stay at Petronauioyshy visit was paid to the
south OF the promontory. where the Alcuts hunt
the sea otter. the skins OF which fetch such high
prices in the London market. On the return
voyage to Japan the Marchesa encountered the
full fury of Il typhoOn in the height of which
one OF the hands was unfortunately lost over
board The yacht behaved we'll but two boats
were smashed and part of the bulwarks carried
away Yokohama was reached on October 5.
aud Mr. kcttiewell and his friends left for the
interior OF Japan.