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cedar bushes. Even banks of rivers flowing into Penjinsk Gulf are clear of timber. Nothing more gloomy than the aspect of these plains in a cloudy November day, nothing more dangerous than a travel over these bare "tundras" in a snowstorm.

The plains are intercepted by a range of mountains beginning in the vicinity of Cape Oliontorsky and extending north, in the direction of Anadyr river. Different streams, having their sources in these mountains empty into Behring Sea. Poplars and birch trees of inferior quality are to be seen, occasionally, on the banks of these rivers. Another mountain range is visible north of Kamennoi, head of Penjinsk Gulf, taking an easterly direction, almost parallel to Anadyr river; the southern tributaries of the Anadyr have their sources in this range. The plains present an immense surface of almost perfectly level ground, framed with mountains to east, west, north and south.
 
The country is inhabited by Koriaks of two species: the reindeer or wandering, and the settled Koriaks. Having travelled several weeks over this territory we became well acquainted with the inhabitants and their curious ways, customs and superstitions.