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We took coffee at twelve noon on Monday with M. 

 Mironoff, and staj'ed for dinner. He showed us a 

 number of coins and gave us some. The oldest were 



dated 1737, 1738, 1740. All were Russian except one, 

 which was Siberian, and which was dated 17 — ? 



He also showed us some articles of Samoyede manu- 

 facture, made by the wife of a blind Samoyede who lives 

 in Ust Zylma summer and winter. There were the 

 'pimih,' worn by women, beautifully sewn, 

 and a bag also neatly done in white and 

 brown reindeer fur. This bag he kindly 

 gave us, and also the following articles : — 

 Altogether thirteen copper coins, in- 

 cluding the Siberian one — two silver 

 coins — a piece of graphite apparently as 

 good as Cumberland lead, and a Eus- 

 sian basket for catching Cray-fish. This 

 graphite has been sent by M. Sidoroff 

 to England to be tested. The strata 

 were found on the eastern slope of the 

 Ural by persons employed by M. Sidoroff, 

 and he intends to work it up if approved of. 



We further received a large six-sided crystal, a stone 

 for stopping blood, called by the people ' devil's finger,' 

 found on the banks of the Petchora and said to be rare. 



He also gave us a Swan's Qgg — very small indeed — 

 which came from Pustozersk, but whether taken there or 



RUSSIAN CRAY-FISH 

 TRAP. 



(Veorscha bepiiia.) 



