STANAVIALACHTA 



CHAPTER XVI. 



STANAVIALACHTA. 



The Tundra near the Yushina River — Golden Plover's Eggs — Abundance 

 of Nests — Lapland Bunting — Richardson's Skua — Means of Propelling 

 our Boat — The Tundra near Stanavialachta — Eyrie of a Peregrine Falcon 

 — More Nests— Abundance of Willow-grouse — Nest of the Willow-grouse 

 —Visit to two Islands in the Delta. 



The next day we left Alexievka in the morning to spend 

 a few days exploring the tundra in the neighbourhood of 

 Stanavialachta, the old loading-place of the Petchora 

 Timber-trading Company, about forty versts down the 

 river, where we learnt there were several wooden houses 

 that we could occupy. We sailed about twenty versts 

 down to the mouth of a small tributary called the 

 Yushina. The tundra here was less marshy, the ground 

 more hilly, and upon it were more willows. The 

 country looked so inviting that we cast anchor and went 



