X niNTKVIS. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



MR. NEWCOMK'S N \KKATIVK (CONTINUED.) 



PAGE. 



Good-bye to Buluu Reindeer teams Nights in a povarnia Las- 

 soing reindeer Experiences on the road Meeting with exiles 



Arrival at Verkhoyansk Russian officials The outposts of 

 civilization The famous vodka A village of exiles Customs 

 of the country Journey resumed Cross the Arctic Circle 

 Retrospective Exiled Poles Russian traders Descending the 

 mountains Novel sight Fine scenery Accident* Visit 1 1<> 

 Reindeer Tunguses A night attack Curious scenes and inci- 

 dents along the road by night and day Odd customs 332 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



MR. NEWCOMU'S NARRATIVE (<'ONTrM-KJ>.) 



Approach to Yakutsk The Mecca of my hopes Hospitable recep- 

 tion Sight-seeing An old fortress Life at Yakutsk Evening 

 recreations New Year's day The Russian Christmas Churches 

 and priests Curious tire-engines A peculiar people The start 

 homeward Mining the army' -Reception at Irkutsk Dr. 

 Ledyard Life in the metropolis Arrival of Jackson Noros 

 returns east A sample of the 'boys.' 343 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

 MR. NEWCOMB'S NARRATIVE (CON-TINTED.) 



Leave Irkutsk Meet Harber and Seheutze Seamen turn back 

 Journey through Siberia Sights at Tomsk The Siberian women 

 -Omsk Life on the Kirghcsian steppes Easter Sunday at 

 Throisky Village entertainments Russian superstitions A 

 wedding Fanciful dresses A capsize The Ural River Osk 

 The Ural Mountains Fine views Kirghese hunters Cossack 

 villages Orenburg and the 'iron horse' An interesting city 

 Ride along the Volga Agricultural scenes Moscow St. Peters- 

 burg Interview with the emperor and empress Cronstadt 

 Hull Liverpool 'Home again.' :5r,3 



CHAPTER XXX. 



DE LONG'S FATE DISCOVERED THE GRAVES ON THE LENA. 



The search renewed Melville at Cath Carta Visit to Cape Bykoff 



Fearful storms An account of the search for and finding of 

 De Long and his men The rille in the snow 'All dead' 

 Removal of the lost explorers Description of their mausoleum- 

 Inscription on the cross The tragedy on the Delta Strange 

 incidents The nightly alarm fire De Long's last effort. . . . 366 



