. Travels of a naturalist in northern Europe, Norway, 1871, Archangel, 1872, Petchora, 1875 . ight, and certainly he looked very katzenjammerisch this morning. PETCHORA 253 Leaving Lompozhenskaia, we drove through a park-Hke country among isolated groups of spruce, skirtingthe denser forest on our left, and with willow bushesbetween us and the Mezen River on our right. In theopener parts the sledging was smooth and good generally,but bad when we entered the forests or willow-coveredground. On the river, as we crossed or followed its course forsome versts at a time, the sledging was also usuall
. Travels of a naturalist in northern Europe, Norway, 1871, Archangel, 1872, Petchora, 1875 . ight, and certainly he looked very katzenjammerisch this morning. PETCHORA 253 Leaving Lompozhenskaia, we drove through a park-Hke country among isolated groups of spruce, skirtingthe denser forest on our left, and with willow bushesbetween us and the Mezen River on our right. In theopener parts the sledging was smooth and good generally,but bad when we entered the forests or willow-coveredground. On the river, as we crossed or followed its course forsome versts at a time, the sledging was also usually good. In our third stage—between Zaozorskaia and Zheros-kaia, and about 50 versts from Mezen—we plunged downan almost perpendicular bank and dashed out upon thePeza River and crossed to the other side. The Peza here,close to its juncture with the Mezen, appeared to beabout two-thirds of a verst in width. We expected tomake closer acquaintance with the Peza on our returnjourney from Ust Zylma (a return journey which wedid not make!). We observed the small boats which will probably be. our means of descending the Peza—scallop-shaped, withrough cabins amidships. As we passed on we found at the stations that thenatives turn out en masse to witness our arrival anddeparture. We are evidently approaching less beatentracks, as their increasing curiosity shows plainlyenough. 254 TRAVELS OF A NATURALIST At several points along the banks of the Mezen Eiver,but perhaps most prominently between Jerdskaia andPogorelskaia, are singular red or dark purple cHffs ofwhat appears to me to be marl, crumbHng into earthin places and hardening into distinct rock-strata in cliffs are about a hundred feet high, more or less,and are cut by gullies at regular intervals down to the
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