Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-21

crossing frozen rivulets and winding over and
round and through mountains OF whose naked
ness. barrenness and desolation only made
quate ideas can be conveyed. Away toward
the southwest were the lakes. frozen many
feet deep. The pine trees and smaller growths
glstened with frozen white and bent beneath
their burden aud the ground in the forest and
In the open toward the lakes was carpeted with
an immaculate coverlet of nature frozen hard
rs steel by the icy atmosphere. The croaking
OF half buried crows and thnoccasional howls
and barking of the wolves were grim ac-
compartments to the music of the sleigh bells
On the horizon the three hours sun-so pecu-
liar to this region-glowed with a dull golden
hight that anything but suggested the brilliant
sunshine OF the south. There would be oay-
hight for but few hours, but when night came
II would be illuminated by glttering stars and
q moon OF extraordinary brilliancy and for
weeks made more beautiful by the aurora
borea1s, whose exquisite eoors add an almost
fairy-like and weird splendor to the scenery
We were nearing the end of one of the lakes
when the Yamshik drew nv attention to a
strange feature of this northern cline On the
sides Of the road We could see the crows and
woodeoeks and small wolves and other little
animals buried in the snow with only
their heads peeping above IL. 'The snow
b warmer than the atmosphere" said the Yam
shik- On we sped over the frozen road which
rings like metal to the motion Of the sleigh
runners and the striking of the horses hoofs
IL 10 curious musical ring that comes from
this seven or eight feet of ice-frozen snow and
We are all ears and eyes we puff our cigar
cites. Soon We have passed the lakes and are
app oaehing a sharp bend in the forest road.
when a very bedlam of bowls and shots and
cries and grunts greet our ears.
WATCHING THE SPORT
''It is hunt" my companion explains. We
drew of the road at the turn to watch the
sport. Our revolvers and knives were hastily
gotten ready and our sleigh bells kept ringing
BY string to warn the brutes off, We had
hardly turned the corner when there dashed
past rs q sany OF peculiar construction: il was
not more than one foot raised from the ground
and was unusually broad. The harness. too.
Was unusual The inevitable bells were absent,
and contrary to the ordinary rule of the
smctrlteis government officials), who insist
upon there being three horses for a sleigh car
Tying two persons. four horses for one
carrying three, &c, the three huntres on
this sleigh had only three spirited animals 10
pull them along the CLASSY road. About three
yards behind the passengers' SAW was a small
one, tied to the leader by a rope or chain. ON
this little sleigh
THERE WAS A YOUNG Pro.
u screamed and grunted as though its exist.
ence depends upon il. And in truth il did, for
there were at least forty wolves yelping and
barking at it and running pell NELL after the
flying sleigbs, seemingly unconcerned By the
fact that the hunters we're shooting them
down py tvos and thress necessarily. But the
porosionok has a peculiar charm for the wolf
and despite the rifle shots and their fallen
comrades. they keep up their chase for pig
6esh and augment their numbers from time "a
time BY accessions from other parts Of the
forest ~ they sweep past Hall mile be-