. Siberia in Europe: a visit to the valley of the Petchora, in north-east Russia; with descriptions of the natural history, migration of birds, etc . therbecomes more severe. During our stay in Archangel we had considerable changesin the weather. Soon after our arrival it was very cold, andon one or two occasions we noticed the thermometer as lowas 27° below zero. If the weather was windy we felt thecold keenly, but at the lowest point there was not a breathof wind, and wrapped up in our furs we suffered from nothingbut an attack of icicles on the moustache. Occasionally we 22 SIBERIA IN EUROP
. Siberia in Europe: a visit to the valley of the Petchora, in north-east Russia; with descriptions of the natural history, migration of birds, etc . therbecomes more severe. During our stay in Archangel we had considerable changesin the weather. Soon after our arrival it was very cold, andon one or two occasions we noticed the thermometer as lowas 27° below zero. If the weather was windy we felt thecold keenly, but at the lowest point there was not a breathof wind, and wrapped up in our furs we suffered from nothingbut an attack of icicles on the moustache. Occasionally we 22 SIBERIA IN EUROPE. chap. hi. had slight snowstorms, but brilliant sunshine was the rule,and we found the clear, dry air most invigorating. had set in the weather became more cloudy, and thethermometer once registered 37° in the shade, jffo signs offrost having been visible by the 6th, we made hot haste tobe off before our winter road should break up, taking leaveof our kind friends, Mr. and Mrs. Birse, with great regret. Ithas rarely been our lot to be received with such genuinehospitality as was shown us by this estimable gentleman andhis OLD RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS.
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