104 THE JEANNETTE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



for Eastern Siberia, his mission being to render assistance 

 to the crew of the Polar exploration vessel, the steamer 

 Jeannette, who have been wrecked in the Polar Sea. All 

 local authorities of Eastern Siberia are therefore commanded 

 to render all the assistance in their power, so far as the law 

 permits, to Mr. Jackson, especially to facilitate him to a 

 quick and undelayed journey to his destination and back, 

 and to fulfill all his wishes, so far as they are lawful and may 

 be assisted by the local authorities of the districts through 

 which he passes. 



ST. PETERSBURG, January 4th, 1882. 



The Governor-General of Eastern Siberia, member of the 

 General staff, General Lieutenant, 



ANUTSCHIN. 



Countersigned, A. URSAFF, Member of the Imperial Coun- 

 cil and Chief of the Chancellery of Travel. " 



Equipped with these documents, and accompanied by 

 M. A. Larsen, of the London News, Mr. Jackson left St. 

 Petersburg, January 19th, for Moscow. Thence he contin- 

 ued his journey by railroad to Orenburg. From this place 

 the journey to Irkutsk was made in a sledge owned by the 

 Governor-General, which had been placed at his service. It 

 was well provided with furs, and drawn by four or five 

 horses, which were changed at every post-station. More 

 than 800 different horses were used on the journey, which 

 extended over 2,500 miles. 



The following are extracts from a letter which Mr. Jack- 

 son wrote to the New York Herald from Irkutsk, February 

 25th, 1882 : - 



" The long and weary journey across the Siberian wilds 

 and wastes was finished at seven o'clock of the evening of the 

 28 d of February (0. S.), and an hour later I was with Lieuten- 

 ant Danenhower and the survivors of the Jeannette who were 

 landed at the mouth of the Lena in boat No. 3. I hardly 

 need say that these men were greatly pleased to receive 

 letters and papers from home, and I will venture to assert 



