. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . by the Government to a companyto form a line of rail from Ekaterinburg to that this line is completed there will be steam communi-cation in summer from St. Petersburg to Tomsk, adistance of 6630 versts, or 4200 miles. It was an immense relief to think that we had paidoff our last yemschik, and should finish our long journeyby steam. The distances that are travelled by horsesin Siberia are enormous, and yet there is probably nocountrv in the world where so much travelling is accom-pl
. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . by the Government to a companyto form a line of rail from Ekaterinburg to that this line is completed there will be steam communi-cation in summer from St. Petersburg to Tomsk, adistance of 6630 versts, or 4200 miles. It was an immense relief to think that we had paidoff our last yemschik, and should finish our long journeyby steam. The distances that are travelled by horsesin Siberia are enormous, and yet there is probably nocountrv in the world where so much travelling is accom-plished by the merchants, who are obliged to visit thegreat fairs regularly if they wish to buy in the cheapestand sell in the dearest market. In the course of con-versation with one of these merchants Siberia was half-jokingly described to me as a big village, the main streetof which, extending from Nishni Novgorod to Kiakhta,was about five thousand miles long, where there werealways half a million horses on the road, and where every-body knew everybody else from one end of the street tothe OSTIAK CHOOM ON THE OB CHAPTER XLVI. HOMEWARD BOUND. Perm—De-Tatarisation of Russia — The Siberiak — Heavy Rain —Autumnal Tints—Kazan—Search for a Professor—The Museum—Tatars—Steamboat Accident—The Volga—Nishni Novgorod—Moscow—ItsMuseum—St. Petersburg. It was quite dark when we reached Perm on Saturday,the 15th of September, and we at once drove to thesteamer Samolot, or self-flyer, deHghted to bid a longadieu to tarantass, telega, and Tatar yemschik, and tofind ourselves once more directly steaming towardsEurope and civilisation. Russia has made enormous progress since theabolition of serfdom ; yet the moment you cross itsfrontier you still feel that you have left Europe and 48o HOMEWARD BOUND European ideas behind, and are, to all intents andpurposes, among Asiatics in Asia. The Mongols are athome there, but you are a foreigner. The late Emperor,no doubt,
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