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ing till six at night. It was a curious sight to see them 

 down in the hold pouring with perspiration and singing a 

 rude chorus, the burden of which was ' Oh, give us some- 

 thing to drink, for we are very dry.' The sight was one 

 well worth seeing. 



Driving back to town we called at the house where 

 pilgrims for Solovetsk are lodged, to inquire about the 

 next steamer going there. 



We now changed our plans for our next trip, and 

 decided to go with Mr. Birse to Suzma, eighty versts 

 away, and quite a new locality for us. This expedition 

 will require four days, and to catch the Solovetsk steamer 

 we should have to be back on Wednesday night or Thurs- 

 day morning. We go in two boats, as Mr. Birse takes 

 two friends to join his wife and his mother-in-law (Mrs. 

 Craemers) at Suzma. We have lost one of our men — 

 Jacof — as he must go and get his hay cut, not being able 

 to employ another man in his place. Our party will, 

 therefore, this trip consist of Mr, Rogers and a lady (Miss 

 Giernet), Birse, Piottuch, Carl, and Ernst, ourselves, and 

 two crews of four men each. 



July 20. 



On Saturday, the 20th of July, we made preparations for 

 our trip to Suzma— including a lovely mosquito-veil which 

 Madame Leitzoff made for me to replace one I had lost. I 

 told her I would never part with it. (It was, I believe, a 

 piece of her own crinoline.) AVe started in our two boats 

 about 3 p.m., on a journey which took twenty-two hours 

 to accomplish, stopping at Nicholaisk Monastery for tea on 

 Sunday, the 21st of July. We had been told the journey 

 would take twelve hours. 



July 21. 



On Sunday, the 21st of July, we shot Great Black 

 and Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Great Grey Shrike, 

 Grosbeaks, etc. 



