. Travels of a naturalist in northern Europe, Norway, 1871, Archangel, 1872, Petchora, 1875 . gsfor 10 kopeks. Here also we saw a couple of Samoyedesledges and deer. During the next stage we sledged as before up thecourse of the Mezen Eiver, from time to time divinginto the forest and cutting off the corners. April 13. On Tuesday, the 13th of April, soon after leaving Koina-skaia, about seven in the morning, we drove through aforest of immense larches—120 to 130 feet in height—byfar and away the largest we have as yet seen in Russia. After leaving Ledskaia we passed from the main valleyof the
. Travels of a naturalist in northern Europe, Norway, 1871, Archangel, 1872, Petchora, 1875 . gsfor 10 kopeks. Here also we saw a couple of Samoyedesledges and deer. During the next stage we sledged as before up thecourse of the Mezen Eiver, from time to time divinginto the forest and cutting off the corners. April 13. On Tuesday, the 13th of April, soon after leaving Koina-skaia, about seven in the morning, we drove through aforest of immense larches—120 to 130 feet in height—byfar and away the largest we have as yet seen in Russia. After leaving Ledskaia we passed from the main valleyof the Mezen Eiver to that of the Pischma, the MezenshiPischma (to distinguish it from the Petchorskai Pischma),along the banks of which we saw magnificent spruce-firs,rivalling in height the larches I have just mentioned. M. Rosenthal had told us of a dangerous river on ourroute, but he could not name it nor point it out on our soon concluded that the Pischma was meant, as thewater had in many places risen above the ice and con-verted the snow into deep half-frozen sludge, and at one. FETCH OR A 257 place the runner of our pavoska passed within a fewfeet of open running water. At our next long stage of 82 versts from Vosjegorskaiato Promorskaia, leaving the former at , weexperienced some trouble and delaj. The fresh snow hadalmost obliterated the track, and the driver of Piottuchspavoska, which was ahead, made a cast to the left,and got through the sludge after a struggle. Ourheavier pavoska was not so fortunate, and our threehorses were soon floundering up to their bellies and quiteunable to move the pavoska one inch. As it was nowfreezing, the sledge rapidly became frozen round therunners and the ice had to be cleared off with the axe. Ofcourse we got out, and then the men and ourselves at lastsucceeded in forcing up first one runner and then theother. The horses were then yoked abreast, and after asharp hard struggle they at last bravely pulled the sledgeout of
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