Our lost explorers : the narrative of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition as related by the survivors, and in the records and last journals of Lieutenant De Long . les; and the musicof the bells (which, hung severaltogether, are rung by means oflines fastened to the clappers,)kept the air filled with—discord,I should probably say. Thereligion is that of the GreekCatholic Church. Numerouspriests, in robes covered withtinsel, read, chant, and exhort^^^the people, who are gathered before the altar or some one of the numerous devotional shrines,:^ some standing, others kneeling,and all frequently bowi
Our lost explorers : the narrative of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition as related by the survivors, and in the records and last journals of Lieutenant De Long . les; and the musicof the bells (which, hung severaltogether, are rung by means oflines fastened to the clappers,)kept the air filled with—discord,I should probably say. Thereligion is that of the GreekCatholic Church. Numerouspriests, in robes covered withtinsel, read, chant, and exhort^^^the people, who are gathered before the altar or some one of the numerous devotional shrines,:^ some standing, others kneeling,and all frequently bowing andRUSSIAN PEiEST. crossiug tlicmselves. Great im- portance attaches itself to rank. The governor, in fullUniform, stands nearest the altar, and alone; then othermilitary officers and prominent citizens. The soldiers standin a body together. The poorer classes, some of them arrayedin fashions long since departed, make up the balance of thecongregation, and stand mostly in the rear. Soon after this our party, consisting of Lieutenant Danen-hower, eight seamen, and myself, left Yakutsk for Melville with Bartlett and Nindermann remained to.
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