826 THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE. 



Bulun to find them. They told their story, and showed 

 how they were now famishing, upon the meagre fish 

 diet, which was all they could get. Mr. Melville, who 

 could make himself understood in Russian, sent for the 

 priest, and demanded that the two sailors should have 

 the best which the place afforded. To them, however, 

 the best was that they were once more in the hands 

 of their countrymen, and under the direction of their 

 old officer. 



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Native huts and fish houses, Lena Delta. 



