. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . ber of balksof good building timber, which he was free to sell if hedid not require to use it. The near approach of summer was the signal forunusual exertions on the part of the peasants. Pro-crastination seems to be a Russian national vice. Now,when the horses were nearly worn out by long feedingupon bad hay, and when the roads were very heavy by 74 LIFE IN UST-ZYLMA reason of the thaws, the poor animals had to work doubletime. A quantity of last years fodder still lay on theflat land on the
. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . ber of balksof good building timber, which he was free to sell if hedid not require to use it. The near approach of summer was the signal forunusual exertions on the part of the peasants. Pro-crastination seems to be a Russian national vice. Now,when the horses were nearly worn out by long feedingupon bad hay, and when the roads were very heavy by 74 LIFE IN UST-ZYLMA reason of the thaws, the poor animals had to work doubletime. A quantity of last years fodder still lay on theflat land on the other side of the Petchora, which, if left,would inevitably be swept away when the frozen riverbroke up ; the cattle had to be taken across the ice andhoused in a place of safety, there to wait until the floodssubsided on these flat stretches and the new rich pasturehad begun to spring up. The women and children hadalso to be transported across, to look after the cattle ;whilst the men went down the river to fish, leaving Ust-Zylma as deserted for three months as a winter village inthe OLD RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS
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