The New York herald., 1875-12-18


CAPE GosrINoI
noticed the remnant Of large fall OF snow lying in
kind OF ravine this was The only snow by US
during the voyage up the Yenisei At Cape Gostino
a block of granite, which had been washed out
OF the sand.
lined with bushes, among which we saw the Arc.
tic raspberry (Rubus Arcticus and stalks four feet
high Of the Angelica and Cortusa, &c A dense fog
compelled to stay night the mouth OF the Jako
wewa perfectly barren locality but plentiful in FISH.
We next halted near the Briochowski Island, where
the trade OF preserving sh is carried on during part or
the year.
On the evening Of the 2sth we stayed at
THE SKANDRowsEA ISLAND,
where bought fat muksumer and tschirer, weighing
twenty five pounds, for silver rouble The Yepsei
is famous for its variety OF fish, OF which collected
many specimens, which have preserved in spirits.
great many dogs kept the fishing stations at
Nkandrowska, apparently OF the breed those
used in Greenland. They used in summer to ferry
boats and winter for driving although they not
arc not used here for this work.
The next day we touched at
DESERTED FISHING STATION
the Island OF Sopotschnoi and also at Cape Max
who were catching store of FISH for the WINTER Our
next place Tostoj Nos, a well built village, the
people of which evnced great interest in and asked
with astonishmcnt the details of our journey. Near
here is
A MONUMENT ERECTED
convcts hanged close by. Twentysix hours journey
from this place brought US to
sAosTRowsKoJ
near Dudink, where we embarked on the steamer
Alexander, commanded by the merchant Ivan Michai
owitsch Jarmenief who received us with great cor
dialty. Indeed, during the whole OF travels
everywhere treated with the greatest kindness
and respect
NORTH THE POLAR CIRCLE
We still far north of the limit Of the Polar Circle
and many might have supposed that the unknown
gions raversed by us we're either barren or covered
with ice and snow, or, at any rate, with very scanty
moss vegetation. On the contrary, only
once during our voyage on the Yenise, and in many
places-especialy the isets which, during the
spring, erged-vegetaton is most uxuriant
and beautiful. The great richness OF the grass fields
excited jealousy the mind OF OF our companions
farmer fisherman He enyious that God should
have given
so SPLENDID A COUNTRY
TO the Russians-a country where there one to
cut the grass This statement repeated daily and
hourly, especially when the splendid woods
and rich black soil between Jenscisk and Turnchausk
almost unnhabted region, which for fertility may
probably be compared with the best parts OF Skane
Sweden and is OF greater than the entire Scan
dinavian peninsula
THREE DIFFERENT RUSSIAN EXPEDITIONS
have this been despatched TO Siberia to report
on the river communication there When in Jen-
iseisk ! informed mot onlciallyl that these
expeditions had resulted in the opinion that
for TOO, 600 roubles the River Angara a tributary
far Baikal Sea- without fear Of the whirlpools,
and that the Obi might be joined to the Yensei, and
the latter TO the Lena
TRACT COUNTRY
within the range of these rivers may be toleraby well
conceived when it is remembered that according 10
Professor Baers the oblrtisch and the Yenisei TO-
gether cover greater area than the Don, Dneper,
Doerster Nile, Po Ebro, Rhone, and all the other
~, into ,ba tho MoJ
and the Sea OF Marmora Although north OF the
Polar Circle there are here some OF the finest
timber woods the globe South OF these
forests are stretches OF most fertile soil,
waiting for the husbandman and the plough
THE GRAPE
also is occasionally reared here. have before me,
while writing cluster Of magnificent Siberian grapes
May the future the between these
tories and Europe firmly established.
With great esteem, A. E. NoRDENsKIoLD.
PROFESSOR NoRDENsKIoLD IN ST. PETERSBURG
RUSSIAN HONOR TO THE SUCCESSFUL Ex-
PLoRER AND GEoGRAPHER.
ST PETERSBURG Nov. %, 1875.
Professor Nordenskiod has last arrived in st
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trip TO the Polar Ocean 1t needless say that he
has been well received by the Russians; indeed Mr.
semenoh tho Vice President Of the Imperial Rus
sian Geographical Society, said, in welcoming
him. Gin what country could the celebrated
explorer OF the Polar be received with liveer feel
ings than in that country which embraces with its
hitherto nhospitabe coasts half the circumference OF
the Polar Ocean,
HONOR NJ THE Swans.
On the very day Of his arrival he was received with
open arms by the Geographical Society aud meetings
OF the societies for the advancement OF Rus
sian trade and industry subsequently held for
him; while tonight grand public dinner is TO be
given his honor Private hospitality too has been
active. The Swedish and Finnish residents and the
scientific men Of the capital have kept him busy with
constant breakfasts, dinners and balls 1t is not
geographical interests which have stirred the Rus
sian public, but il is the possibty-long hoped for,
lint Mt pivcn mn chimercal-of finding a trale