A WINTER JOURNEY. 



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On the 8th of January, 1882, Lieutenant Danenhowcr, 

 Raymond L. Ncwcomb (Naturalist,) Herbert Leach, Henry 

 Wilson, Frank Mansen, George Lauderback, Louis P. Noros, 

 Ja-'k Cole, the Chinaman Tong Sing, and the Indian Anequin, 

 left Yakutsk, and started for Irkutsk, 2,790 versts, or move 

 than 1,900 miles distant. They were accompanied by a Co- - 

 sack guide, and traveled slowly in sledges called povvshkas. 

 which could be partly or entirely covered, us the travcle;- 

 hose. 



