. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . SAMOVEDK SNOW SITXTACLES. SIBERIAN DOG SLEDGE CHAPTER XXVII. TURUKANSK AND THE WAY THITHER. Stations—Hospitality of the Peasants—Furs and their Prices—DogsDrawing Sledges—Birds—Visit to a Monastery—Graphite—CaptainWigginss Former Travelling Companion—An Honest Russian Official!—Installed as Guests in the House of the Zessedatel—Turukansk—WeTurn Shop-keepers—The Skoptsi—Scarcity of Birds—Old Gazenkampf—Our Hosts Tricks—The Blagachina—The Second Priest—The PriestsAccomplishments—The Postmaster—
. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . SAMOVEDK SNOW SITXTACLES. SIBERIAN DOG SLEDGE CHAPTER XXVII. TURUKANSK AND THE WAY THITHER. Stations—Hospitality of the Peasants—Furs and their Prices—DogsDrawing Sledges—Birds—Visit to a Monastery—Graphite—CaptainWigginss Former Travelling Companion—An Honest Russian Official!—Installed as Guests in the House of the Zessedatel—Turukansk—WeTurn Shop-keepers—The Skoptsi—Scarcity of Birds—Old Gazenkampf—Our Hosts Tricks—The Blagachina—The Second Priest—The PriestsAccomplishments—The Postmaster—The Secretary of the Zessedatel—Schwanenbergs Troubles. The distance from Yeneseisk to Turukansk is 1084versts, or 723 miles. The road is divided into forty-fourstages, which we accompHshed in nine days and tennights. The stations where we changed horses werefrequently in villages containing not more than half adozen houses. Those we visited were always scrupulouslyclean, and everywhere we were most hospitably best the peasants had was placed before us—tea, 282 TURUK
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