. The life and voyages of Joseph Wiggins; modern discoverer of the Kara Sea route to Siberia, based on his journals & letters . use, engaged for the purpose, wasartistically decorated in sailor fashion, whilst theladies wore favours, with miniature anchors andsledge bells, which had been made by the seamen. In Captain Wiggins detailed and picturesqueaccount of all these festivities he keeps himselfin the backgiound, making it appear that Lieu-tenant Dobrotvorsky was the sole recipient of thehonours. As a matter of fact, the Captain wasas much the hero of the hour as the gallantRussian officer;
. The life and voyages of Joseph Wiggins; modern discoverer of the Kara Sea route to Siberia, based on his journals & letters . use, engaged for the purpose, wasartistically decorated in sailor fashion, whilst theladies wore favours, with miniature anchors andsledge bells, which had been made by the seamen. In Captain Wiggins detailed and picturesqueaccount of all these festivities he keeps himselfin the backgiound, making it appear that Lieu-tenant Dobrotvorsky was the sole recipient of thehonours. As a matter of fact, the Captain wasas much the hero of the hour as the gallantRussian officer; and the merchants were notslow to realise that, but for the prolonged effi^rtsof the English mariner, no such expedition wouldhave been originated and carried out. The rails having been sent on to Krasnoiarsk,and the river-craft safely placed in winter quarters,Wiggins started for home by sledge on December20. One incident of this winter journey deservesto be recorded, especially as it can be told inthe Captains picturesque language. The morning was bright and sunny, withintense frost, when, to our amazement, we suddenly. EKATERINBURG. (View from Czars Bridge.
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