. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . l flocks of snow-buntings occasion-ally passed, and the nutcrackers continued as common asever. The latter birds were remarkably sociable, threeor four usually congregating together about different 298 OUR JOURNEYS END parts of the ship, and apparently watching with interestthe operations of our sailors, who, assisted by someRussian peasants, were busy cutting away the ice allround the vessel. The river was frozen solid to thebottom where the Thames was moored, and the captainwas afraid that
. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . l flocks of snow-buntings occasion-ally passed, and the nutcrackers continued as common asever. The latter birds were remarkably sociable, threeor four usually congregating together about different 298 OUR JOURNEYS END parts of the ship, and apparently watching with interestthe operations of our sailors, who, assisted by someRussian peasants, were busy cutting away the ice allround the vessel. The river was frozen solid to thebottom where the Thames was moored, and the captainwas afraid that when the water rose she would remainattached to the bed and be swamped instead of risingwith the water. This was no imaginary danger, for Iremember a case in point which happened in the ship I refer to did certainly float when the waterrose, but she left her keel ice-bound to the bottom of theriver. The Thames was frozen very fast indeed. Thelast couple of feet was frozen mud, as solid as a rock, andthe men found it hard and tedious work chipping awaythis icy mass with their SAMOYEDK lllIC OK MAMMOTH-IVORY—OSTIAK IlPE OK WOOD INLAID WITHLEAD—TUNGUSK IllE OK WROUCIHT IRON
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