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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[left margin]] (19) [[/left margin]] here is where the difficulty lies. G. this evening made [[muitian?]] again of the "so called [[strikethrough]] " [[/strikethrough]] present" that the naval guard which was stationed on Jiulevij in order to protect the island again the poachers, on the contrary made common causes with them, 3000 skin being thus secured. Whether the thing is to be hushed up or not in St. Petersburg, time will only show. This custom of stationing a naval guard of an officer with 20 men during the summer and fall dates from 1884. [[blue pencil]] 534 [[/blue pencil]]