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we followed the river entirely, but in returning, we came across the tundras, from the Oochastchucka to the mouth of the "Myan" shortening the distance at least fifty versts. The general nature of the country between the Crehast and Anadys Bay is similar to that of the country lying between "Padkagermia" and Karmenoil in Kamchatka, where the "Koraks" stand. There is the same level uniformity of surface, broken only by bare mountains, land the same absneel of wood. The banks of the river are generally low and bordered with a fringe of low willows & alders.
As far the "Krasnee" we found no difficulty in obtaining wood, but beyond there, there is none or very little. 
I should judge from appearances that during the spring floods, the river banks are in many places overflowed. 
We found drift wood twenty feet above the present water level. 
The river below the mouth of the "Myan" varies width from half a verst to a verst, and below the Knasnee it is often two and three versts in width. From the extremity of Hunters point where we found the party to the opposite shore. the distance by measurement was 3/4 of a mile, and this was at the narrowest point. Thinking that in all probability, it would
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