. The life and voyages of Joseph Wiggins; modern discoverer of the Kara Sea route to Siberia, based on his journals & letters . everyyoungster had an opportunity of a dance. Agold-miner, whom we took for the , was themost active man present in picking out the weeones, one after another, and whisking them roundfor a few circles. It was one of the happiestsocial meetings I ever witnessed. Last evening the immense Theatre was openfor the performance of a light opera, and asour tars have had no entertainment here, andwe do not want them to attend the low - classentertainments — of which there
. The life and voyages of Joseph Wiggins; modern discoverer of the Kara Sea route to Siberia, based on his journals & letters . everyyoungster had an opportunity of a dance. Agold-miner, whom we took for the , was themost active man present in picking out the weeones, one after another, and whisking them roundfor a few circles. It was one of the happiestsocial meetings I ever witnessed. Last evening the immense Theatre was openfor the performance of a light opera, and asour tars have had no entertainment here, andwe do not want them to attend the low - classentertainments — of which there are many — wethought it only right to give them a we took two boxes. * Togged up in theirbest suits, they were highly pleased with theperformance—a pretty burlesque, with first - classmusic. Yesterday we inspected the University—nownearly ready for students—given to the town bya wealthy merchant whose father was a nomadSamoyede. It is a vast building, standing inextensive grounds, and has botanical gardens,conservatories, lecture - halls, and a library of60,000 volumes. Sibiriakoff has contributed hand-. x] SMALLPOX AT MOSCOW 213 somely to the cost, and his full-length portraitin oils hangs on the walls. The electric light is the one thing needed inthis town. Many merchants have told us to bringit out, for the whole town would adopt it, andit would not have to compete with gas, therebeing no gas here. Of course, I have not time to tell you a hundredth part of what we have seen. Mr S is more astonished than e^er, and wired to Major Gaskell the other day: W has not told us of half what is to be done in these parts. Immensecommerce to be done by sea. We are now readyto start. Proceeding on their journey, the party stoppedfor a few days at Tiumen, and then went forwardto Moscow. At all the towns visited Mr SuHvanmade arrangements with the merchants, for thenext season, for the purchase and sale of merchan-dise. A delay of several days occuiTed at Moscow,owing to
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