The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . dmark erected by Laptev in 1739 is still in come the other three main arms, Kychistach, Trofimov, and Kisch-lach, and finally the very broad eastmost arm, Bychov. Probably some ofthe smaller river arms are to be preferred for sailing up the river to thisbroad arm, which is fouled by shoals. 278 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. round. After passing these the water became deeper, so thathe could advance at a distance of five Ivilometres from th
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . dmark erected by Laptev in 1739 is still in come the other three main arms, Kychistach, Trofimov, and Kisch-lach, and finally the very broad eastmost arm, Bychov. Probably some ofthe smaller river arms are to be preferred for sailing up the river to thisbroad arm, which is fouled by shoals. 278 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. round. After passing these the water became deeper, so thathe could advance at a distance of five Ivilometres from the 1st September Johannesen anchored in a bay on themainland in the neighbourhood of the Bychov mouth, whenceon the 3rd September, at , he continued his course upthe river, but by 10 oclock the Lena was aground. The waterwas falling, and did not begin to rise until an hour after mid-night. It was not, therefore, until 8 the following daythat the Lena was got off, and that with great difficulty. Thesailing through the delta was rendered difficult by the maps,which were made 140 years ago, being now useless. For the. HANS CHRISTIAN JOHANNESES. Captain of tlie Lena. Bom in 184G. delta has undergone great alterations since then. Where atthat time there were sandbanks, there are now large islands,overgrown with wood and grass. At other places again wholeislands have been washed away by the river. While the vessel was aground nine Tunguses came on boardThey rowed in small boats, which were made of a single treestem, hollowed out, and could just carry a man each. Johan-nesen endeavoured in vain to induce some of the Tunguses topilot the steamer; he did not succeed in explaining his wish tothem, notwithstanding all the attempts of the Russian inter-preter, a proof of the slight contact these Tunguses had had A THANKSGIVING SERVICE. 279 with the rulers of Siberia, and also of the difficulty and un-willingness with which the savage learns the language of thecivilised na
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