836 THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE. 



and that the captain and his party were in need of as- 

 sistance, lost no time in starting for Bnlun. He left 

 his party in charge of Lieutenant Danenhower with in- 

 structions to proceed to Bulun as soon as transporta- 

 tion could be had, and started by dog-team, in company 

 with a native, to go on in advance, hoping to meet the 

 commandant on the road. They passed each other 

 without knowing it, and Mr. Melville reached Bulun 

 the evening of November 2d, where he found Ninde- 

 mann and Noros as already related. 



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Siberian Exile Huts. 



