, 1875-12-20

very RloWlY tsotH. oxiug TO tho largo GlnAhs'ttha
which ware heapod up in noar sho ahorc, vhers
also Hero aeon ton1o long and very thick poIoa;
quito young snl fresh and lit for uAo; and
further from Tho shore were piles OF Hooh,
tnnred probably groat mnny years hg", %.
tHeen which wcru POOLS Of black, unpleasant
wafer. Wo met with drEftwood AtaHinE in
tesn black streams during tho whole Of The sor-
nRo from tho month OF tltn fcnlHo 10 this 1lace.
hit lighor up It gradually disappeared Wo
next proceeded toward ooltsefika' as present
lYoET NonrnKEIr 1HHAn1rED PLACE.
On tho eastern shore Of tho Senisei NO w0Ts,
however, prevented by very rough woatllnr from
ianding, and therefore directed our conrHe To-
ward Sworouo, on t.e opposite side where an
otlior village is supposed 10 bo We could not,
however, distinguish any houaes, It beng night
time. Toward dawn onr boat Was almost cap
sized by breakors We therefore hotstod aail.
onr only clance being to Atoos through tho rough
sca. which wo did, aud ultimately founn Geup
water. Wo now eepted little cottage, andlAnd-
cd upon tluh caast oone to tho Hlver hfoson.
kin. Wo l.oro mato various excursions, during
ono of which NC perceived two indtsiduals, &C.
cnmpnnied l1y dogB, who appeared to DO looking
for oioudb0rtios. Afsor time they approached
,,s. when VIC found thoy were i,usHians employed
in 0oltschika by u Ycnisoi=t merchant. who l,aa
there station for jiAhing. proposed to tho
youngest Of them, a Eunskok,-Eendor by hame,
WHO seemed well acquainted with the country
that lio Rtlontl 90 with lis AL guidn to TunIinka.
which le agroed to do for 90 sil vcr ro,lbeH. mud
at ollco Het on to got his employers porhlBnton.
THE VALLEY or TIE MEIESEIN
Ia moro al,oltorcd from tho winds OF Tho Ice
ocean than tho 10 Y bay near sopotsclnaja, oiil
ttIn Mcaenkin tallay is very rich Ia vegetation.
Tito ego iHttruck, on landing hero, witli species
of dark green hushee. Aoyeral foet high (AinMs
Fructicosa}. In Yalmal wo met with Rtnall
stones n,d foRntl hhellA in tho tiuo sand there.
EaHt of tho molitl, Of tin Yonttci tho saud IL
coarsor, and contains botll large and rina1l
rtonoH and losHil shells. III Roino Places these
foBsiIp arc 30 numerous that ;lcy fottu high
banks, but til tho rn.tH wo Waited tho atsolIH
wero nprcad abo,t IN tho snnd. After va had
collected apfuc shells NO found tlIem to bo Ut
tho ennio kind as thaHo found n hariAka and
Ubi-Ycuisei, tho occupants OF which wcrn alive.
sampcs Of the Btono which oxisted In sils neigh-
borloo,t. Tho current having washed away tho
sand; and hero We gained knowledge M to tho
formation Of tho eaudheHpR, and ofs0 Rs to the
formed liofc, also, wo saw so1o bright. shiny
blocks, not, ho"ovor, to be coml'sr NTH thoso
III Sweden.
soME hrosEs HERE ArE ETn1rrn,
but this IN causstl by The gliding away OF the
also {alsl especially too at the Cape stha.tanskoi)
,nnrl, aud sandstone which cmitH sparks whon
e'r1lcA. Wo also casno upon laige pieces Of brown
mud ordinary coal.
On tAe 2Gth our new gnile arrived accompn-
MED By five tthcr GlsHianB. They said that q
small party OF fishermen md hllEters lived NJ
uoltscAlia, and that III 9wotowJ syrre IN old
nau aud hiB soH, but that north OF these tho
fishing places we're deserted. lAe natives OF
this iogion arc Sauoyedes, Doganes. aud
JaAtietH. nnd thor numbots have Goen much do
croaso4 III lcceut ycalH, owing to An silldonlic
which broke out atno1lg tho haMoyeles. Sailing
toward
rtrr nner1rnr
NO tloticna tho ru1nnaht vi largo fall Of suow.
lying Iii kind of ra}i!Ie and tLla wHs tho only
SHOW Hoen by na during tho voyage up tho
Iellsoi. At Cape t;osli,lot VIC aaw d hl0ck Of
granite, which Lad been washed cut VI tho Aatltl.
TIE SHORE
was lined tlth brlhhca, nn!on1 which NO saw tho
Arctic raappesry itubius AretteusJ alld stAlks
feet higli of tito Au6elica and CortttHs, ctc. Il
mouth OF tl,o Jakowiuva. q perfectly barren 10.
cality. but plentiful in tis!,. We no1t halted
near tho HrlochoWski 1aland. whore the trade Of
preserving iish iB carried oil during part of tue
year.
TN tho evening OF tho 28th re stayed at
THE N1KAHDAowslsA ISLAND,
Nhero bought a int m,lksnmrr aud tschiror,
weighing 70 pounds, Tor silver rouble, The
Yuuisci II famous tor tB variety OF tlAl OF which
1 collected mnny apeclmens, Which hAvo pro-
served In spirits. * groat mapy dogs were kept
Mt tho fishing statona at NlkaudEowskA, appae-
ontly of tue bano brood us thoso used in ureen-
land. Thoy arc used In summer to ferry boats
aud il, winter for driving, although they arc not
able to mako 3 long journey ut q atrotch. Helu-
deer aro not used hore for this work.
Tho no1t day ZIG touched ut
uEHEnTKD Fisu1H1 STATION
OIL tha 1slnnd OF Bopotschuoi, aud also Mt Capc
alakslunsknj, wiIoro wo ylaltod fu,llily Of Ha-
1uoyedes Who woro catching H.oro of fish for
the winter. Our next place was To'stoj Nos, n
well-bullt village. tho people OF which ayiucel
Ereat interest i'll ls and asked with aBtonfsluent
the details OF cur journey. Nsar here tH
AMUSUMENr xnEcrKD,
Ron9 centuries ng0. to the 1neu1ury of sonlo 20
Itcai convicts iIangcd cloAo By. Twsnty.si1
hours Journey fr0m this placo brought US to
sAos1l1owHkoJ,
near Dudink, wlero Wo embarked on the Hteanler
Alexander, colnMandcd by tho merchant Ivan
Mirhailowitsch JarnouieG. WHO received us wItl,
great ordiality. Indeed, during tho wholo Of
our travels wo wero everywhere treated with tho
grcatoat kindness aud respect.
NORTH or TllE FDt.An CIRCLE.
We wero still fur north Of tbs llilit of tho
folnr Circle, and many might hnyo supposed
thnt the unknown regions trayersed BY un yero
clthor barren or covered with leo and SNOW, or,
at any rate, With very soauty lnoaa vegetation.
On tho contrary, we aaw anow only once dursug
our voyage Oil the loniHof, aud In many places
especially on tho elots, which, during tile Bpling.
arc Bubmorgel-yoEbtatton III most luxuraut
md beautiful. The great richness Of tho grass
fields excited Jealousy 10 tho mind u ono Of our
y
4iouA that God should hoYo given
30 SPLENDID 4 COUNTRY
to tho Ruhslana,-a couotry where thnro was no
ono 70 cut the RraBs. This statement VIVA re-
pcatcd daily aua hourly. especially when NC
came 10 the aplondid woods and rich black soil
botwcou JeniHcisk and Turnchausk, IN almoAt
nnInhabited regsoa, which for fertility may 1l OBJ
ably be compared with the best partH Of skpup
III Sweden, and IL u grentor extent thau the cn-
tire Scandinavian peninsula.
THE DIFFERENT MussIAN EXPEDITIONS
hayo this summer hqea dispatched to Siberia to
report OIL tho river communication thoro. Wuetl
in JonlseiBk I was informed {not ollc,ally) that
theao expeditions had resulted In tho opiulou
TINT for 70o.D00 roubIos tho River Angars. a
tributary Of tho Yeniscl, might DO made su1il-
cieut1y safo for ships an far as Baskal ssa. with
out tear OF tho whsrtbooA, and that the Obi
might be Joined to tho iauAei. aud the latter to
tho l4oha.
THE TRACT or COUNTRY
within tho rsugo Of tllose riYers may bs tolor-
ably we'll conceived when it is remembered that,
according to Prot. l,aors, tho Obi-Irtlsch aud tho
ienisei together cover grehtcr area thau Tho
pan, Dnelpor. DoeFstoE, Nile, 10. Epro. lihoue,
bud all tho other rivorB flowing into tie Black
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