. Siberia in Europe: a visit to the valley of the Petchora, in north-east Russia; with descriptions of the natural history, migration of birds, etc . OLU KUSoiAN SlLViiU SAILDSQ DOWN THE DELTA. CHAPTER XIV. Return to Ust-Zylma—Wedding of the engineers son—Scarlet bullfinch—Lastdays at Ust-Zylma—Our boat—We sail to Habariki—Birds eggs—Smews eggs—Snipes in trees—Down the Petchora—Sedge warbler—Black-cock—^Arctictern—Willow swamps—We cross the Arctic Circle—A new bird—Arrival atAiski — The Delta — Double snipe — Pustazursk — Tlie tundra — Arrival atAlexievka. We returned to Dst-Zylma on S
. Siberia in Europe: a visit to the valley of the Petchora, in north-east Russia; with descriptions of the natural history, migration of birds, etc . OLU KUSoiAN SlLViiU SAILDSQ DOWN THE DELTA. CHAPTER XIV. Return to Ust-Zylma—Wedding of the engineers son—Scarlet bullfinch—Lastdays at Ust-Zylma—Our boat—We sail to Habariki—Birds eggs—Smews eggs—Snipes in trees—Down the Petchora—Sedge warbler—Black-cock—^Arctictern—Willow swamps—We cross the Arctic Circle—A new bird—Arrival atAiski — The Delta — Double snipe — Pustazursk — Tlie tundra — Arrival atAlexievka. We returned to Dst-Zylma on Sunday, the 6th of June, andattended the wedding of the son of the engineer of Sideroffssteamer. It took place in the church of the Old Believers ;but the ritual did not differ much from that of the orthodoxceremonial. The bridal party afterwards sat in state in thehouse of Sideroffs manager. Coffee was first served, thensherry, afterwards champagne. All the quality (as an Irish- CHAP. XIV. A WEDDING. 153 man would say) were present, except the public was an exceedingly formal and slow affair; the onlyfeature of inte
Size: 1835px × 1362px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1880
