Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-16

Kamchatka and the neighboring
country of northeastern Siberia, iG
described in the following bulletin
Issued from the Washington, D. c.,
headquarters of the National Geo
graphic Society:
THE Kamchatka peninsula and
the Siberian country between 1t and
the Arctic e is a sort of half
sister to Alaska, which was also once
Russian territory. Alaska, the more
comely sister, Jared forth, so to
speak was sold into the family of
tie wealthy Uncle Sam, and has had
a life rich in excitement and adven-
ture Kamchatka the more homely
sister, remained under the Russian
rooftree on the west side of Boring
Sea and has lived in seclusion.
Natives Spend Mosquito Season" at
Seashore
"Kamchatka and the country
north to Boring Strait contains a
large area of tundra of Arctic plains
soft, spongy during the few
months Of summer; frozen, snow
covered wastes in winter. In the
higher lands impenetrable under
brush springs up in summer. What
little travel is possible at this sea-
son is done on the back of sturdy
ponies who must wade up the shall
low streams or plod through the
sticky swamps. In winter travel Is
easy. Teams of dogs and reindeer
|whisk laden sledges over the frozen
surface of the streams and across
the snow Of the tundra at q rate,
under favorable circumstances, of Is
Hiiles or more a day. Trails that are
virtually highways are beaten down
by the teams of the natives bring
ing their furs-the chief present re-
source of c~ountry-to the trading
posts.
I'm the summer the curse of the
moist regions of the north strikes
he kamchatka country; swarms CT
mosquitoes and flies thicken the air
and make life miserable for all liv-
ing things. The nomadic natives
flee with their herds of reindeer to
the sea coast where the breezes
give some relief.
Diet More Rigorous Than Climate
Through climate of >Kamchat-
ka is rigorous a Westerner is likely
to consider the food of the country
more so. Bowls of boiled fishes eyes
are the most popular delicacy in the
lower peninsula where the silver
hordes of salmon run up most of the
streams. To the north reindeer meat
iE some form Is the universal piece
de resistance the tongues and
marrow bones being priced in par
ticular. The greatest of reindeer
ieiicacies, however, is the meat OF
unborn fawns. From the stomach of
slaughtered reindeer the natives
obtain their greens in winter-half
digested balls of moss When pre-
pared for the table these moss balls
are somewhat like spinach in APP
pearance.
"'Cold storage eggs contribute to
the Kamchatka tables. The eggs are
obtained from the nests of gulls and
other wild fowls and are buried in
pits on the frosty north side of a hill
until needed. Frozen berries also
exc out the winter fare.
."Soup Balls" Made From Rein
deer Sausage
"'Soup balls carried by winter
travellers are likely to prove a COM.
pensation to Western palates. They
are small balls of reindeer 'sau-
sage surrounded by a crust of
dough, the whole about the size of an
English walnut. These balls freeze
ard are carried in bags like marbles.
A handful dropped into a kettle Of
boiling water produces within a few
minutes a delectable and sustaining
dish.
THE Kamchatkan peninsula prop
err about $50 miles in length, and
the distance from it's roots TO Boring
strait is an equal distance. KAN
eAatka lies in the same latitude rs
the British Isles, while the country