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to-morrow evening, when we hope to get f5till more 

 information from him. 



Kae has had some .£60 worth of old silver pm-chased for 

 him in Archangel by Mrs. Birse. Some of it is very 

 curious and rich. 



Mrs. Craemers came in the evening, and we had a long 

 chat about Carl and his prospects. The eldest son, whom 

 I have not yet seen, is engaged to Miss Giernet, a sister 

 of the lady who accompanied Alston and myself on our 

 trip to Suzma in 1872. 



To-night the temperature was —20° R. equal to —16° 

 below zero of Fahrenheit. 



March 20. 



On Saturday, the 20th of March, we called upon 

 Mr. Schmidt, and it became quite certain that we cannot 

 obtain Katzoff's services. 



We saw the chief priest of the Archangel Cathedral, 

 Father Inokentia, who at one time resided for seventeen 

 years among the Samoyedes, at Kolva, on the Ussa, up 

 to 1847, and who made sundry trips to the Ural whilst 

 engaged in converting (?) the Samoyedes. Castren, the 

 Swede, stayed a long time with him at Kolva. Schrenk 

 botanised on the Ussa towards the Ural, and Keyserling 

 was as far north as Pustozersk. 



Speaking of the Petchora, he agreed with Katzoff as to 

 the 1st of April (New Style 12th), being the best time to 

 leave Archangel, and he stated that the journey would 

 take seven days of hard travelling. The end of May 

 (middle of June — New Style) by boat from Ust Zylma. We 

 shall be able to shoot at Ust Zylma by the end of May, 

 that is, when the snow leaves the higher ground. Forests 

 are not extensive at Ust Zylma or Ijma. The latter 

 place, which is very little flooded, is a better place to stay 

 at than Ust Zylma. Only the west side of the river at 



